Analysis of Spatiotemporal Characteristics and Recreational Attraction for POS in Urban Communities: A Case Study of Shanghai

Bingqin Yu,Jiayuan Wu,Wenshu Sun

doi:10.3390/su14031460

Abstract

In order to analyze the spatiotemporal characteristics and space use intensity of residents’ recreational behaviors in the public open space (POS) of communities, the Ruijin, Xincheng, and Fangsong communities, located in the city center, a suburb, and the outskirts of Shanghai, respectively, were studied. The visitor volume data were obtained through the Tencent Travel data. Points of interest of the POS were obtained by the Cat’s Eye app, and the use intensity data were analyzed by kernel density estimation. The use intensity and attraction of POS were verified by stagnation points. The classification of the stagnation points hierarchy showed that the leisure time and distribution of POS visited by residents. There were significantly different in community public spaces, which verifies the rationality of the recreational attraction of the POS. In addition, geodetectors were used to analyze the external factors affecting the characteristics and use intensity of POS. The results show that the percentage of POS area, pedestrian accessibility, population density, percentage of commercial land use, and per-capita occupancy area were important factors, influencing the use intensity of POS, which can provide suggestions for the planning and design of POS in urban communities.

Highlights

As a basic space for resident leisure and recreational activities, outdoor public open space (POS) in urban communities provides multiple functions, such as improving the quality of the community environment, providing leisure and recreational places, and helping residents lead healthy lifestyles
Research on urban community POS has been based on park design and equality assessments [2,3,4,5,6,7,8], including research on space vitality, analysis of spatiotemporal characteristics of POS, analysis of perceived satisfaction of recreation, influencing factors, and the efficiency of functions
To analyze the relationships between the space characteristics of POS and the use intensity of residents in urban communities, behavioral observation was used to describe the temporal characteristics of POS use

Summary

Introduction

As a basic space for resident leisure and recreational activities, outdoor public open space (POS) in urban communities provides multiple functions, such as improving the quality of the community environment, providing leisure and recreational places, and helping residents lead healthy lifestyles. 15-min living circle based on urban and rural communities, optimize the community living, employment, and travel environment, with a coverage rate of about 99% for community public service facilities within a 15-min walking distance, build a high-quality public space network, and increase the independent public open spaces used by squares and parks so as to fully meet the basic living needs of residents, with 90% of public open spaces (parks and squares of 400 m2 or more) in urban and rural communities within a 5-min walking distance” [1]. Though the number of POS in Shanghai’s urban communities continues to increase, it still cannot fully meet the needs of community residents, so the communities still face many problems in daily recreation.

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