What Characteristics of Urban Parks are Associated with High and Stable Visitor Flow? A Spatiotemporal Exploration Using Mobile Phone Data

IF 2 4区社会学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI:10.1007/s12061-025-09651-9

Yu Wang, Shuang Lu, Chuanguo Yu, Xiao Wang, Yeran Sun

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The prevalence of urban parks serves as a crucial indicator for assessing a city’s vitality and livability. However, limited research has revealed the key characteristics of parks that attract large and stable numbers of visitors. In this study, we established intensity and stability indicators to trace fine-granular flow of visitors in parks. Visitor flows was analyzed using mobile phone signaling data with an accuracy of hourly data, which also represented the spatiotemporal patterns of park visitation. We delineated the patterns of 96 parks in Jinan, a prominent city in North China. Patterns of visitation exhibit diverse features of peak gatherings. The intensity and stability of park visitation are both subject to typical weekday-weekend variations, as measured by the accumulated visitor flow and the Shannon entropy. The effects of environmental factors on park visits were examined by using regression models. Factors that significantly influence the intensity and stability of park visits are the surrounding transportation facilities and the distance from the city center. The factors of surrounding population density and allocated construction land exert additional influences on various temporal periods. Understanding the spatiotemporal patterns of park visitations provides insights into advanced strategies for optimizing park resources and refining park management.

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期刊介绍： Description The journal has an applied focus: it actively promotes the importance of geographical research in real world settings It is policy-relevant: it seeks both a readership and contributions from practitioners as well as academics The substantive foundation is spatial analysis: the use of quantitative techniques to identify patterns and processes within geographic environments The combination of these points, which are fully reflected in the naming of the journal, establishes a unique position in the marketplace. RationaleA geographical perspective has always been crucial to the understanding of the social and physical organisation of the world around us. The techniques of spatial analysis provide a powerful means for the assembly and interpretation of evidence, and thus to address critical questions about issues such as crime and deprivation, immigration and demographic restructuring, retailing activity and employment change, resource management and environmental improvement. Many of these issues are equally important to academic research as they are to policy makers and Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy aims to close the gap between these two perspectives by providing a forum for discussion of applied research in a range of different contexts Topical and interdisciplinaryIncreasingly government organisations, administrative agencies and private businesses are requiring research to support their ‘evidence-based’ strategies or policies. Geographical location is critical in much of this work which extends across a wide range of disciplines including demography, actuarial sciences, statistics, public sector planning, business planning, economics, epidemiology, sociology, social policy, health research, environmental management. FocusApplied Spatial Analysis and Policy will draw on applied research from diverse problem domains, such as transport, policing, education, health, environment and leisure, in different international contexts. The journal will therefore provide insights into the variations in phenomena that exist across space, it will provide evidence for comparative policy analysis between domains and between locations, and stimulate ideas about the translation of spatial analysis methods and techniques across varied policy contexts. It is essential to know how to measure, monitor and understand spatial distributions, many of which have implications for those with responsibility to plan and enhance the society and the environment in which we all exist. Readership and Editorial BoardAs a journal focused on applications of methods of spatial analysis, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy will be of interest to scholars and students in a wide range of academic fields, to practitioners in government and administrative agencies and to consultants in private sector organisations. The Editorial Board reflects the international and multidisciplinary nature of the journal.