Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ICONARP INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING, cilt.13, sa.2, ss.709-730, 2025 (ESCI)
Green spaces make a significant contribution to the climatic comfort of urban
dwellers. These contributions can be in the form of cooling in hot summers and
heating in cold winters compared to the surrounding built-up areas. These
contributions are related to the landscape design of parks to a certain extent. The
presence and extension of hard grounds and waters in parks as well as the type,
texture and density of plants used determine the level of climatic comfort
provided. The present research was conducted in Aydın Kanza Park in the
Mediterranean City of Antalya, Türkiye, to determine the cooling and heating
benefits of the park, located in a warm climate area. Temperature, humidity, and
wind speed were measured once a week all year round at four different locations
inside the park (tree-covered, lawn-covered, hard ground, pond-side) as well as
at three locations at a distance of 50, 100 and 300 meters away from the park. The
findings indicate that Aydın Kanza Park provides 2.4 o C warmer environment in
the first four months of the year and 2 o C cooler environment in the following
seven months in terms of mean values at midday compared to the built-up area
surrounding the park. The findings also indicate that the heating and cooling effect
provided by the park continues at a certain distance from the park. However, there
is no significant difference between the temperature, humidity, and wind speed
values of various locations with different land cover inside the park, which is most
probably related to the size of the park.