Research on the Accessibility of Parks and Squares in Cold Cities from an Age-Friendly Perspective
Publication: Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 149, Issue 3
Abstract
Based on the concept of age-friendliness, this paper takes Harbin, a typical cold city, as an example to study the quantity and distribution of parks and squares in the main urban area through field survey and open data analysis, and analyzes its walking accessibility and public transport accessibility for the elderly. The results show that (1) the number of parks and squares is insufficient and the spatial distribution is uneven; (2) the walking accessibility of parks and squares is poor, more than half of the elderly in the block cannot easily reach the parks and squares, and the travel demand is difficult to meet; and (3) the overall public transport accessibility of parks and squares is good, but there is still room for optimization in the section from parks and squares to bus stops. The research results will provide a reference for the age-friendly urban planning community in cold cities.
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Acknowledgments
This research is funded by a scholarship from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M641838). The authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their many insightful comments and suggestions.
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Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Volume 149 • Issue 3 • September 2023
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Received: May 11, 2022
Accepted: Mar 27, 2023
Published online: May 22, 2023
Published in print: Sep 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Oct 22, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Age factors
- Business management
- Distribution functions
- Engineering fundamentals
- Field tests
- Infrastructure
- Mathematical functions
- Mathematics
- Parks
- Political factors
- Practice and Profession
- Public administration
- Public opinion and participation
- Public transportation
- Recreation
- Spatial distribution
- Tests (by type)
- Transportation engineering
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Workplace diversity
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