Elderly Suitability of Park Recreational Space Layout Based on Visual Landscape Evaluation

Weiyi Yu, Hong Hu and Bindong Sun
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Weiyi Yu: School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao 334001, China
Hong Hu: School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Shangrao Normal University, Shangrao 334001, China
Bindong Sun: Research Center for China Administrative Division, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-17

Abstract: Urban parks are critical for sustainable urban development. They are of theoretical and practical significance for analyzing the visual landscape of recreational spaces from the perspective of the elderly. This analysis can be used for exploring new methods for optimizing recreational space layouts to improve the physical and mental health of the elderly in parks, thus realizing the sustainable development of urban society. Taking Ziyang Park in Shangrao Central District of Jiangxi Province, China, as an example, starting from the visual characteristics of the elderly, this study quantitatively calculated the landscape viewability, total view ratio , and water view ratio for the elderly in each recreational space using Python Scripting for ArcGIS. We briefly express the elderly suitability of the visual landscape for each recreational space through a weighted synthesis of the calculation results. Our findings show that, in Ziyang Park, the elderly suitability of the visual landscape for recreational spaces is not only low overall, but also gradually decreases from the interior to the exterior of this park. Moreover, this spatial distribution may be caused by the location of zoning, surface elevation, and road slopes, as well as the individual characteristics of each recreational space. Finally, we discuss the requirements of the elderly for some geographical factors, along with the feasibility of using ArcGIS 3-D analysis to optimize the layout of the park recreational space, with the aim of providing a new research perspective and an effective reference method for designing layouts of such spaces that are favorable for the elderly to better guarantee the sustainable development of urban society.

Keywords: visual landscape; park; recreational space; elderly suitability; GIS; Python; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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