ASSESSMENT OF ACCESSIBILITY, USE BEHAVIOR, AND EQUITY OF PARKS IN A COMPACT CITY: A CASE STUDY IN SINGAPORE

As important indicators of a well-functioning urban park system, accessibility assesses the extent of park supply within reach by residents, while equity addresses whether there is disparity between park supply and residents’ demand for park services. Most studies have focused on the distributional attributes of park provision in determining accessibility and equity, with the role of individual demand largely unstudied or not adequately studied. The aim of this study was to make methodological and empirical developments in accessibility, use demand and behavior, and equity assessment of urban parks. Comparative analysis was conducted using four planning areas in Singapore, a well-known compact city, as study sites. A conceptual framework was developed to effectively measure residents’ accessibility to their most often used parks, to investigate their actual park use demand and behavior, as well as to assess the spatial equity level of park distribution, through spatial analysis combined with household perception study.

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• ZHANG JINGYUAN

• compact city
• Supply-Demand Equity Index
• equity
• park use demand
• park use behavior
• Accessibility