Abstract
Urban parks play a distinctive and important role in satisfying residents’ demands on leisure and recreation, and thus have become the focus of research in the field of urban planning and sustainable development. This paper used equity as indicator to combine both the supply and demand sides of urban park service. Taking Xiamen as the study case, the relationship between spatial distribution of population and park services was analyzed. The results show that while population density has a significant spatial relationship with urban park service level at the city scale, Xiamen has the problem of neglecting the equity of urban park service between people and regions within the city. The proposed approach builds up the linkage between urban park service and urban population in order to evaluate the performance of urban park. Although the mechanism remains to be discussed, this study provides a useful auxiliary tool for constructing a guideline for urban green space planning, since urban park is increasingly seen as a kind of restricted public resource and ensuring its equity should be an important task for city mangers.
Highlights
Among all the forms of urban green space, urban parks play a distinctive and important role since they occupy a large acreage and offer very complete functions in satisfying residents’ demands on leisure and recreation (Aida et al, 2016; Shen et al, 2017; Xie et al, 2018)
The areas with high level park service in Xiamen Island (XI) are mainly along the city main road which goes across the island from the south-western to the north-eastern and connects to Xiang’an District in Xiamen Mainland (XM)
Residential communities with high population density generally have a higher level of park service
Summary
Among all the forms of urban green space, urban parks play a distinctive and important role since they occupy a large acreage and offer very complete functions in satisfying residents’ demands on leisure and recreation (Aida et al, 2016; Shen et al, 2017; Xie et al, 2018). Studies on performance evaluation of urban park systems are becoming a hotspot in scientific research (Brown et al, 2018; Deutscher et al, 2019). Among all the research perspectives, the equity of park service, in particular, is of great significance to urban planning considering the multiple services that parks can offer to surrounding residents (Tan & Samsudin, 2017; Rigolon, 2016). Studies on public service equity experienced three stages, from territorial equality, spatial equity to social equity (Jiang et al, 2011; Xiao et al, 2017). Territorial equality emphasized that every resident in the city should have the same opportunity to enjoy the service.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callMore From: Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management
Disclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
