Identifying the components of Sport Furniture of Isfahan City Parks: A qualitative study

The purpose of this study was to identify the components of sport furniture in Isfahan city parks.

The research method was qualitative. The statistical population of the study was consisted of all users of Isfahan sport parks who used these parks for sport and physical activity at least 2 years and 3 times a week. From 15 regions of Isfahan, 6 regions (1, 4, 5, 9, 10, 12) were selected according to their geographical location, and 2 parks from each region (12 parks in total) were selected, and through snowball sampling, 46 parks users were interviewed (depending on their gender and age). After three stages of open, axial, and selective coding, the categories were extracted. NVIVO10 software was used to analyze the qualitative data.

Extracted components were categorized into five factors: cultural-educational factor, place, sports facilities and equipment factor, welfare and financial infrastructure factor, motivational factor, social factor and women's special factor.

Isfahan sports authorities can with improve the amenities, sports in the parks, sports institutionalize between men and women, inform the public and ... provide the opportunity for all classes to participate in sports in the parks.