Analysis of Urban Green Area Accessibility and Quality for Ecosystem Services as a Spatial Decision Support: In the City of Erzurum (Turkey)

Population growth leads to an increase in areas with rough surfaces such as residential and industrial areas, and a decrease in green areas. As a result of the study, Erzurum city center with a population of 417,784 people has an area of 91 km2 in the zoning data for 2015. According to the 2015 zoning, there are 672.90 hectares of active and passive green areas in the city center. A total of 121 park spaces cover 120.24 ha. According to 2020 data, the amount of park space per person has been determined as 3.07 m2. When evaluating the different zones around the park areas that are actively used in the study area, it has been determined that the 300 m access to the park areas covers 16% of the city center and 50% of the population can reach it. The distance of 30 m from children's playgrounds is 5%. When the number of people living in the city center and the accessibility of the existing green areas are evaluated, 20% of the population and 6% of the area are within 1 minute. 26% of them provide access to green areas in more than 10 minutes.