Accessibility and Street Network Characteristics of Urban Public Facility Spaces: Equity Research on Parks in Fuzhou City Based on GIS and Space Syntax Model

Bo-Xun Huang, Shang-Chia Chiou and Wen-Ying Li
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Bo-Xun Huang: Graduate School of Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan
Shang-Chia Chiou: Graduate School of Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan
Wen-Ying Li: Graduate School of Design, National Yunlin University of Science and Technology, Yunlin 64002, Taiwan

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-19

Abstract: Urban green spaces are conducive to people’s physical, mental, and social health; however, in many cases, these benefits are unevenly distributed in cities. This study explored the equity of urban green spaces in terms of accessibility and spatial morphology, specifically, (1) applied the geographic information system (GIS) accessibility index to the equity of parks in Fuzhou City; (2) discussed the accessibility of parks and the spatial morphological characteristics of streets from a space syntax analysis; (3) examined the correlation between the accessibility of parks in Fuzhou City and the spatial morphology of streets. The results provide a valuable reference for sustainable urban design and planning.

Keywords: spatial equity; accessibility; street network; urban parks; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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