Research on the Influencing Factors and Spatial Evaluation of Travel Distance for Elderly People Visiting Parks:Taking 80 Parks of Wuhan Central Urban Area as an Example
Accessibility is one of the decisive key points affecting elderly people's visits to parks,and age stage,transportation conditions,number and distribution of parks all have an impact on the actual accessibility distance of elderly people.This article is based on multi-source big data,with 110,000 elderly people visiting 80 parks in the central urban area of Wuhan as the research object.The study focuses on three parts:the accessibility distance of elderly people,the influencing factors of accessibility,and the spatial evaluation based on the quantitative analysis.Some conclusions are drawn:In terms of accessibility distance,data statistics show that the accessibility distance of elderly people visiting parks is about 6 kilometers,the situation of"excess"is common,and there is a significant difference in space between the parks inside and outside the Second Ring Road.In terms of influencing factors,when the accessibility distance of the park exceeds 1.5 km,the proportion of elderly people visiting parks will decrease as the distance increases;when the distance between the park and the surrounding area exceeds 2 km,the proportion of elderly people's travel will decrease due to the increase in distance and unwillingness to change their travel mode;when the distance between park locations is within 3 km,the increase in park location density will significantly promote the willingness of elderly people to visit.In terms of spatial evaluation,through a geographic weighted regression model,the research finds some practical spatial problems such as abnormally low travel rates of elderly people living in the western part of Hanyang and the central and southern part of Hongshan visiting parks,and difficulty in attracting surrounding elderly people to visit the parks close to the Third Ring Road.Overall,this article not only expands the technical framework of research for the accessibility of elderly visitors to parks,but also provides guidance and suggestions for relevant planning and construction,achieving mutual promotion between theory and practice.
landscape architectureelderly peopleparkaccessibilitySpace SyntaxSocial Network AnalysisWuhan City