Factors influencing perceived access to urban parks: A comparative study of Brisbane (Australia) and Zhongshan (China)

Wang, Dong; Brown, Greg; Zhong, Guoping; Liu, Yan; Mateo-Babiano, Iderlina

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.032

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“…A few studies exemplify the trends displayed in Tables 4-7. For proximity, studies in six Chinese cities (e.g., Shanghai, Beijing, Zhongshan, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Macau) showed that high-SES people tend to live closer to urban green spaces than low-SES people, with effect sizes ranging from large to very small [74,81,82,91,92,94,95,97,98,100,101,103,104]. Depending on the methods and sample size, studies focusing on the same city found contrasting results.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This is particularly important because one study in the Global South found that having a pleasant route to green spaces was a strong predictor of perceived access to green spaces [94] and another study in the Global North showed SES and racial-ethnic inequities in the walkability of routes to parks [127]. Finally, while informal green spaces such as greened vacant lots are the object of increasing investigation in Global North cities [128], in our review, we did not identify studies on the provision of informal green space.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

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Access to Urban Green Space in Cities of the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

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This review examines disparities in access to urban green space (UGS) based on socioeconomic status (SES) and race-ethnicity in Global South cities. It was motivated by documented human health and ecosystem services benefits of UGS in Global South countries and UGS planning barriers in rapidly urbanizing cities. Additionally, another review of Global North UGS studies uncovered that high-SES and White people have access to a higher quantity of higher quality UGSs than low-SES and racial-ethnic minority people but that no clear differences exist regarding who lives closer to UGS. Thus, we conducted a systematic review to uncover (1) whether UGS inequities in Global North cities are evident in Global South cities and (2) whether inequities in the Global South vary between continents. Through the PRISMA approach and five inclusion criteria, we identified 46 peer-reviewed articles that measured SES or racial-ethnic disparities in access to UGS in Global South cities. We found inequities for UGS quantity (high-SES people are advantaged in 85% of cases) and UGS proximity (74% of cases). Inequities were less consistent for UGS quality (65% of cases). We also found that UGS inequities were consistent across African, Asian, and Latin American cities. These findings suggest that Global South cities experience similar inequities in UGS quantity and quality as Global North cities, but that the former also face inequities in UGS proximity.

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Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

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Access to Urban Green Space in Cities of the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

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“…For regions with less dense population, accessibility may be lower, other factors being equal. Just as demonstrated in former researches [26], long distances between parks and residential areas and the low number of residential areas contained in the catchment zones of certain district parks may also contribute to low accessibility such as Tai Po Waterfall Park. On the contrary, Morse Park serves one of the largest numbers of residential areas.…”

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“…The residential areas within the walking-distance buffer regions of district parks reflect the potential population that could reach the parks easily and frequently [26]. Jim and Chen [27] proposed that the demand for green spaces close to homes calls for distances to homes less than 400 m (or 10 min of walking).…”

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Using a Spatial Interaction Model to Assess the Accessibility of District Parks in Hong Kong

2017

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Urban parks are key elements of the urban landscape. They provide important ecological, environmental, and social value as well as spaces for outdoor activities to contribute to urban sustainability. Reasonable accessibility is fundamental for people to take full advantage of the benefits of parks. Spatial interaction models are useful in many fields, especially in static systems. The proposed model has been validated for analyzing the accessibility of district parks in Hong Kong. The accessibility index was calculated using the population in catchment zones lying within a walking distance of 400 m, considering the population that the parks serve, the distance between residential areas and parks, the park area, and the facilities and current condition of green spaces in the parks. The results indicate that the index is strongly related to the spatial pattern of residential areas and the shape and spatial pattern of district parks. High accessibility is always associated with parks located in centers of population concentration rather than in the geographical centers of built-up areas. The catchment zones of district parks within walking distance only cover one-fourth of residential areas, and most residents do not have convenient access to reach parks on foot. The district parks were established without much concern for increasing accessibility. No districts have enough district parks to meet the needs of their residents. Future parks should preferably be elongated to serve more nearby residents, especially in extremely compact cities like Hong Kong.

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“…Some scholars [43] inserted spatial In China, traditional planning overemphasizes quantitative standards and simply increases the supply of urban parks without adequately considering the access mode of visitors. In the end, the best social effects are not obtained [39]. The study took into account the access mode of visitors.…”

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Research on Urban Public Green Space Planning Based on Taxi Data: A Case Study on Three Districts of Shenzhen, China

2019

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Urban public green space (UPGS) plays an important role in sustainable development. In China, the planning, classification, and management of green spaces are based on the Standard for Classification of Urban Green Space (SCUGS). However, limitations to the UPGS exist due to the over-emphasis on quantitative standards and insufficient consideration of the actual access mode of residents. Though the taxi trajectory data are widely selected to study public service facilities, its adoption in UPGSs research remains limited. Based on the case of UPGSs in the three districts of Shenzhen, we used the taxi (including cruise taxis and Didi cars, which are like Uber) trajectory data to investigate the spatial layout and the allocation of management resource of the UPGSs from the spatial interaction perspective. By rasterizing and visualizing the percentage of pick-up and drop-off points in the UPGSs’ buffer, the service scope of UPGSs was defined, which reflected the spatial distribution and activity intensity of the visitors. Then, an unsupervised classification method was introduced to reclassify the twenty two municipal parks in the three districts. Compared to the traditional planning method, the results show that the service scope of the same type of UPGS in the traditional classification is not the same as the one obtained by the study. Visitors to all UPGSs are distributed as a quadratic function and decay as the distance increases. In addition, the attenuation rates of the same type of UPGSs are similar. The findings of this study are expected to assist planners in improving the spatial layout of UPGSs and optimizing the allocation of UPGS management resources based on new classifications.

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Factors influencing perceived access to urban parks: A comparative study of Brisbane (Australia) and Zhongshan (China)

Cited by 59 publications

References 40 publications

Access to Urban Green Space in Cities of the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

Access to Urban Green Space in Cities of the Global South: A Systematic Literature Review

Using a Spatial Interaction Model to Assess the Accessibility of District Parks in Hong Kong

Research on Urban Public Green Space Planning Based on Taxi Data: A Case Study on Three Districts of Shenzhen, China

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