Spatial Justice of Urban Park Green Space under Multiple Travel Modes and at Multiple Scales: A Case Study of Qingdao City Center, China

Shimei Li (), Xueyan Zeng, Xiaoguang Zhang (), Jiancheng Jiang, Furong Wang, Tianci Zhang and Jiacheng Zhang
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Shimei Li: College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
Xueyan Zeng: College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
Xiaoguang Zhang: College of Resources and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
Jiancheng Jiang: Shandong Provincial Institute of Land and Space Planning, Jinan 250014, China
Furong Wang: College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
Tianci Zhang: College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
Jiacheng Zhang: College of Landscape Architecture and Forestry, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: Improving the justice of public parks is of great significance to the well-being of residents, and it is also an important goal of green space planning. In this paper, the spatial justice of park green space under five travel modes and at three scales was analyzed using the travel-behavior-based Gaussian two-step floating catchment area method (TB-G2SFCA) and Gini coefficient method for Qingdao City Center. The main results are as follows: Under walking mode, walking–bus mode, and walking–subway mode, there were unserved areas in terms of urban park green space, while there were no unserved areas in the cases of cycling and driving. Residents’ choice of travel time and travel mode would affect the service scope of the park green space, and the increase in travel time would reduce the unserved areas in the urban park green space. The choice of travel time and travel mode affected the accessibility of urban park green space for residents in each residential patch, as well as the justice of the distribution of park green space resources at the scales of street blocks, districts, and the whole study area. The increase in residents’ travel speed and travel time could promote the equitable allocation of urban park green space to a certain extent. The results of this study provide a scientific basis for the planning and construction of urban park green space in Qingdao City.

Keywords: park green space; accessibility; spatial justice; Gini coefficient; Gaussian two-step floating catchment area method (G2SFCA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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