An Innovative Approach to Assess the Quality of Major Parks in Environmentally Degraded Mega-City Dhaka

Haque, Antora Mohsena; Hossain, Rakib; Farhan, Md. Hasan Murshed; Neema, Meher Nigar

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-39646-5_29

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“…In addition, natural and human landscapes provide visitors with rich visual sensory experiences, such as mountain/water landscapes and historical sites, which can significantly enhance the attractiveness of UPGS (Francis et al, 2012;Ahn et al, 2020). Finally, management and safety significantly affect the frequency of residents' UPGS visits (Haque et al, 2013). During epidemics, setting up detection chokepoints, controlling the number of visitors, and implementing sanitation and disinfection practices can effectively guarantee the safety of a UPGS.…”

Section: Upgs Quality Indexmentioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial accessibility analysis of green space from a health-benefit perspective: Implications for healthy urban development

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The spatial accessibility of urban park green space (UPGS) plays a crucial role in promoting the healthy development of cities and their residents. However, previous studies have overestimated the accessibility of UPGS and failed to adequately consider the impact of variegated parks on residents’ needs. To fill this gap in the research, we first propose an improved two-step floating catchment area (Huff-2SFCA) method that takes into consideration the trade-offs between supply, demand, and walking time to calculate the UPGS accessibility index for the built-up area of Mianyang, China. Next, we assess the spatial characteristics of UPGS accessibility from both partial and overall points of view and further explore the relationship between accessibility and population size. Our results show that (1) every street area has a different form of UPGS construction, and most of these spaces are of poor quality; (2) municipal-level parks are significantly more accessible than district-level parks, community-level parks, or neighborhood-level parks; (3) the overall distribution of accessibility is generally characterized by a decreasing trend along both sides of the river, with poor overall accessibility; and (4) 243 residential districts are located in high-demand–low-supply areas that need improving. This study can be employed to identify areas that are underserved by UPGS and can provide a basis for improving the accessibility of UPGS and promoting its health benefits.

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Section: Upgs Quality Indexmentioning

confidence: 99%