Investigation of Landscape Design for Elderly People in the Case of Konya Japanese Park

Landscape Architecture is a profession working on the design of natural and cultural resources and physical environment within the aesthetic and scientific principles for human benefit, happiness, safety, health and comfort. It has to oversee the needs of all living things for the environment using the physical needs. The elderly have spent their lives for the welfare of the society and therefore deserve a more special interest. This research is to examine and evaluate the landscape design of the elderly people using the park in the Japanese park of Konya city. In the preparation of questionnaires, the accessibility check form of open spaces and the Green Therapy Criteria were used to assess the elderly of the Konya Japanese Park. The volunteer-based questionnaire study was conducted at different times of the day, with elderly individuals using the park in April-May-June 2015. An oral interview was held with 120 elderly people. In terms of elderly individuals, the park was evaluated and recommendations were made taking into account the survey results. The demographic data included in the questionnaire included negative effects of health problems caused by old age in the marital status of some users. Our research; it has been revealed that in the designs made considering the fact that all of us are elderly candidates throughout life, the technical standards for comfort related to old age and its health problems should never be ignored