Spatial Distribution and Accessibility Evaluation of National Water Parks in China

Chenming Zhang (), Bei He, Wei Li () and Chunyang Guo
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Chenming Zhang: College of Architecture, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Bei He: School of Construction Management and Real Estate, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Wei Li: School of Art and Design, Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics, Zhengzhou 450046, China
Chunyang Guo: School of Tourism Management, Henan Finance University, Zhengzhou 451464, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-17

Abstract: A water park is a nature-based site along a river or water management project that plays a vital role in protecting the local ecological system and providing water recreation, making it an essential component of China’s ecological and ecotourism security strategy. This study sought to portray the distribution of China’s 878 National Water Parks (NWPs) and to visualize the pattern of accessibility for NWP resources by the gravity-2SFCA method. The investigation produced the following findings: (1) The national-scale pattern of ecotourism and water recreation can be revealed by the distribution of NWPs, which were concentrated on the eastern side of the “Hu Line” but were dispersed on the western side. (2) NWPs can function as detectors of various endowment and management modes of basin-scaled water resources through the relationship between different categories of NWPs and their locations, which can provide guidance for regional planners. (3) The accessibility of NWPs is an effective indicator for revealing spatial disparity between the supply of NWP resources and the population distribution. Then, the general NWP development strategy can be made based on a hot-spot visualization analysis of accessibility patterns.

Keywords: national water park; spatial pattern; accessibility; exploratory spatial data analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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