This paper describes the development and implementation of the Weinland Park Evaluation Project (WPEP) – a collaborative and comprehensive neighborhood survey and needs assessment.
Table 1 shows a comparison of the reliability estimates of direct observation park evaluation tools.
To date, no items on any of the park evaluation tools have been assessed in more than one geographic context.
Seeing as direct observation requires significantly more resources than desktop park evaluation [ 27, 35], further research should be conducted to work toward improving park identification through satellite images and thus improve capabilities to conduct reliable desktop assessments.
Collectively, results from this and other direct-observation park evaluation tool reliability studies [ 18, 23, 24] demonstrate that subjective items tend to generate lower reliability estimates from independent observer pairs.
Of the tools assessed, the Bedimo-Rung Assessment Tool-Direct Observation (BRAT-DO) [ 19] and the Public Open Space Tool POSTT) [ 24] contained items that had demonstrated reliability and were relevant for inclusion for a youth oriented park evaluation tool.
The park evaluation tool was developed for the QUALITY Neighbourhood Study, an adjunct to the QUALITY (Quebec Adipose and Lifestyle Investigation in Youth) Cohort study, an ongoing longitudinal investigation of the natural history of obesity and cardiovascular risk among youth with a parental history of obesity.
Evaluation took place by using park as evaluation scale.
The Park-Ang damage index considers the effects of both parameters of maximum deformation and dissipated energy in damage evaluation (Park et al. 1984).
Park G-Y, Kwon DR. Sonoelastographic evaluation of medial gastrocnemius muscles intrinsic stiffness after rehabilitation therapy with botulinum toxin A injection in spastic cerebral palsy.
The present work is aimed at providing a sound and theory-grounded methodological framework to science parks performance measurement and some practical suggestions useful for the design and the implementation of a Science Park's (SPs) performance evaluation.
