Gap analysis of urban open space – case of west zone surat

Abstract

Urban open space is of the physical activity of the city which can contain specific functions. Open space in some cases has good evaluated things and sometimes recreation role. Urbanization is increasing recently, and cities are formed that faces different problems. Problems are like – rise in population, extending urban sprawls and increasing level of pollution. The urban open space plays a major role in preserving and balancing urban environment and regulating air pollution. Becauseof consequences and complication of environmental difficulties there needs to be the existence of open space, unavoidably. The cities mainly focus on the activities of human life so, it has to accept functions and structure by the natural system to be able to permit their stability. In the city area there are mainly utilized the space as open space as recreation area and open area as vegetation area. There are lacking of the space as recreation activity and the breathing space in the city area. So many activity for the city like for playing games and gathering space and also cover to the big function area. Because of the space as city in the density the space utilization as so much gathering space is lack of. People in city lives area are only big concrete jungle type of thing they can’t live they just go for their basic need of or lives like residence and work they don’t have time to justify the time for their own and also they not live as human lives. Don’t get space of exercise and playing game and also gathering space.