MEASURING DISTRIBUTION AND DERIVED INEQUALITIES IN ACCESSING URBAN GREEN SPACES WITHIN IAȘI CITY (ROMANIA)
The present study aims to identify inequalities concerning accessibility to urban green spaces within Iași city. In order to reach this purpose, the used methodology included walking time distance-based indicators, as well as demographic-load based indicators. The accessibility was assessed by me...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Editura Universitatii din Oradea
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Analele Universităţii din Oradea: Seria Geografie |
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| Online Access: | http://geografie-uoradea.ro/Reviste/Anale/Art/2013-2/AUOG_631_Rosu.pdf |
| Summary: | The present study aims to identify inequalities concerning accessibility to urban
green spaces within Iași city. In order to reach this purpose, the used methodology included
walking time distance-based indicators, as well as demographic-load based indicators. The
accessibility was assessed by means of Closest Facility and Service Area tools in ArcGIS
for Desktop 10.1, while the demographic load was calculated by different specific
indicators, based on the total area, pedestrian area and the number of benches for each
urban green space. The results highlighted a great deficit in parks for the Iași city, as 25 %
of the population is located at more than 12 minutes walking time distance from an urban
green space and, at the same time, according to the calculated optimal demographic load,
only 5% of the city population can be hosted by the existent parks. These mean values also
contain important disparities, as the central and northern part of the city is by far more
advantaged than the peripheral neighborhoods. |
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| ISSN: | 1221-1273 2065-3409 |