Evaluation and Monitoring of Urban Public Greenspace Planning Using Landscape Metrics in Kunming

Min Liu, Xiaoma Li, Ding Song and Hui Zhai
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Min Liu: Faculty of Architecture and City Planning, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
Xiaoma Li: College of Landscape Architecture and Art Design, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
Ding Song: Campus Greening Center, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
Hui Zhai: Faculty of Architecture and City Planning, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-20

Abstract: Urban greenspace planning plays a crucial role in improving the quality of human settlements and the living standard of citizens. Urban public greenspace (UPGS) is an important part of urban greenspaces. Existing literature rarely includes a scientific evaluation of greenspace plans (including of UPGS) and plan implementation effects. To bridge this gap, this study evaluated and monitored the UPGS plan enacted in 2010 in Kunming, China. Object-based image classification and visual interpretation of satellite images and Google Earth imagery were used to quantify the different periods of UPGS implementation. Six indicators and monitoring at four classic sites were applied to explore the change at two scales (overall scale and district scale) for monitoring the UPGS plan execution. The results showed that UPGS structure greatly improved after plan implementation. However, UPGS provision per capita has not reached the level of greenspace planning and the connectivity was poor. Significant implementation inequalities existed in each district and implementation has lagged behind schedule. This study contributes to a better understanding of greenspace planning and urban planning in general, which can help improve future planning and planning decisions.

Keywords: urban public greenspace (UPGS); planning assessment; landscape metrics; plan implementation; monitoring (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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