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Abstract
Public open spaces are essential for residents’ social interactions and recreational activities, improving well-being as well as offering economic and environmental benefits. Saudi Arabia is aiming to enhance the quality of life in all its cities through different national programs and projects. One of the key performance indicators is increasing public open space per capita from 3.47 to 3.9 m2 by 2020. This study measured the current public open space per inhabitant in Jeddah using a geographic information system (GIS) to identify the types of public open spaces that make up the per capita value in the city. Jeddah is located in a rapidly developing country, and it is a replanned city where the current status of public open spaces falls short of users’ expectations and does not meet international standards. This study suggests that the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and municipalities should adopt a systematic approach to tackling the spatial distribution of open spaces in Saudi cities. In addition, there is a need for the proactive involvement of planners, landscape architects, and designers in the planning process.
Highlights
This study aims to fill a gap in the literature concerning the current practice of public open space planning and identifying the spatial planning and management policies of outdoor spaces
The findings reveal that the public open spaces are only designed by nonspecialists and without the involvement of planners, landscape architecture, and expert with knowledge
The population of each district was obtained from the General Authority for Statistics and Jeddah Urban Observatory (JUO); the methods used to calculate the public open spaces per capita by JUO are presented in the findings of this study to highlight the differences
Summary
This study aims to fill a gap in the literature concerning the current practice of public open space planning and identifying the spatial planning and management policies of outdoor spaces. The findings reveal that the public open spaces are only designed by nonspecialists and without the involvement of planners, landscape architecture, and expert with knowledge. This is having a major negative effect on the quality of life and the spaces provided by the municipalities for city residents, especially the safety of the users. The topic of public open spaces in cities has become very important globally in terms of their provision and the benefits they offer to both the cities themselves and individuals These spaces are considered as fundamental to cities because of the physical, mental, and social benefits they offer (Burgess et al, 1988; Olwig, 2016). Public open spaces contribute to social cohesion (Yung et al, 2016) and bring people from different ethnic backgrounds together (Addas & Rishbeth, 2018)
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