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AMBIENT SCIENCE, vol.7, no.2, pp.258-264, 2020 (ESCI)
Our research aims to examine the participation barriers of
individuals who have recreational walking activities in
parks and urban forests. The “RecreationArea Participation
Barriers” (RAKE) scale was used to identify recreation area
participation barriers. The scale consists of 17 items. These
items consist of five sub-dimensions and these subdimensions
can be listed as “security”, “time”, “friend”,
“sports field” and “individual barriers”. A total of 309 (x¯:
1.48) people, 162 women and 147 men, who took a walk in
parks and urban forests of the Gaziantep region
participated in thestudy. Besides,when theeducation level,
working status and safety sub-dimensionwere compared, it
was found that there was a statistically significant
difference. No statistical difference in the comparisons
between the age and sports area sub-dimension and the
total scale. It was found that women experience the
participation barriers of recreation area activities in terms
of security, time and individual factorsmore thanmen, and
when compared to theeducation level, it is understood that
those in the undergraduate and associate degree education
levels have more security concerns than the high school
level, and civil servants give more importance to security
thanthoseworking intheprivatesector.