Decision Making on Allocating Urban Green Spaces Based upon Spatially-Varying Relationships between Urban Green Spaces and Urban Compaction Degree

The compact city is becoming a prevailing paradigm in the world to control urban sprawl and achieve a pattern of sustainable urban development. However, discussions of the area's overcrowded neighborhoods, its health problems, and the destruction of its green areas have inspired self-examinatio...

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Main Authors: Hsueh-Sheng Chang, Tzu-Ling Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-09-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/10/13399
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spelling doaj-0871ac56e8f149aca77fd8ec341851b62020-11-24T21:54:44ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502015-09-01710133991341510.3390/su71013399su71013399Decision Making on Allocating Urban Green Spaces Based upon Spatially-Varying Relationships between Urban Green Spaces and Urban Compaction DegreeHsueh-Sheng Chang0Tzu-Ling Chen1Department of Urban Planning, National Cheng-Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City 70101, TaiwanDepartment of Urban Planning, National Cheng-Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City 70101, TaiwanThe compact city is becoming a prevailing paradigm in the world to control urban sprawl and achieve a pattern of sustainable urban development. However, discussions of the area's overcrowded neighborhoods, its health problems, and the destruction of its green areas have inspired self-examination with respect to the compact city paradigm. High population density attracts even more residents and frequently renders the existing urban green space (UGS) insufficient for use as part of a living environment. Due to the unique benefits that these qualities confer, UGS allocation is now considered a significant contributing factor to urban livability. In addition, the UGS allocation may be different due to the presence of many spatial non-stationarity processes. Therefore, this study employs geographically-weighted regression (GWR) to explore the unique and spatially-explicit relationships between the degree of urban compaction and UGS within the Taipei metropolitan area. Maps summarizing the GWR results demonstrate that there is significantly insufficient UGS allocation in the central area, which consists mainly of Taipei City. Townships with higher parameters contain UGS levels that better meet the needs of their residents. Overall, the exploration of conceptualizing spatial heterogeneity of relationships between the degree of urban compaction and UGS can provide insightful analyses for decision-making on allocating UGS.http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/10/13399compact citydegree of urban compactionurban green spaces (UGS)geographically weighted regression (GWR)
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Decision Making on Allocating Urban Green Spaces Based upon Spatially-Varying Relationships between Urban Green Spaces and Urban Compaction Degree
Sustainability
compact city
degree of urban compaction
urban green spaces (UGS)
geographically weighted regression (GWR)
author_facet Hsueh-Sheng Chang
Tzu-Ling Chen
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title Decision Making on Allocating Urban Green Spaces Based upon Spatially-Varying Relationships between Urban Green Spaces and Urban Compaction Degree
title_short Decision Making on Allocating Urban Green Spaces Based upon Spatially-Varying Relationships between Urban Green Spaces and Urban Compaction Degree
title_full Decision Making on Allocating Urban Green Spaces Based upon Spatially-Varying Relationships between Urban Green Spaces and Urban Compaction Degree
title_fullStr Decision Making on Allocating Urban Green Spaces Based upon Spatially-Varying Relationships between Urban Green Spaces and Urban Compaction Degree
title_full_unstemmed Decision Making on Allocating Urban Green Spaces Based upon Spatially-Varying Relationships between Urban Green Spaces and Urban Compaction Degree
title_sort decision making on allocating urban green spaces based upon spatially-varying relationships between urban green spaces and urban compaction degree
publisher MDPI AG
series Sustainability
issn 2071-1050
publishDate 2015-09-01
description The compact city is becoming a prevailing paradigm in the world to control urban sprawl and achieve a pattern of sustainable urban development. However, discussions of the area's overcrowded neighborhoods, its health problems, and the destruction of its green areas have inspired self-examination with respect to the compact city paradigm. High population density attracts even more residents and frequently renders the existing urban green space (UGS) insufficient for use as part of a living environment. Due to the unique benefits that these qualities confer, UGS allocation is now considered a significant contributing factor to urban livability. In addition, the UGS allocation may be different due to the presence of many spatial non-stationarity processes. Therefore, this study employs geographically-weighted regression (GWR) to explore the unique and spatially-explicit relationships between the degree of urban compaction and UGS within the Taipei metropolitan area. Maps summarizing the GWR results demonstrate that there is significantly insufficient UGS allocation in the central area, which consists mainly of Taipei City. Townships with higher parameters contain UGS levels that better meet the needs of their residents. Overall, the exploration of conceptualizing spatial heterogeneity of relationships between the degree of urban compaction and UGS can provide insightful analyses for decision-making on allocating UGS.
topic compact city
degree of urban compaction
urban green spaces (UGS)
geographically weighted regression (GWR)
url http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/7/10/13399
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