TITLE:
Recreation Spatial Equity: An Empirical Study Based on Residents’ Experience in Shenzhen
AUTHORS:
Chunfeng Li, Peng Ju
KEYWORDS:
Spatial Equity, Recreation Space, Spatial Experience, Social Class, Central Ur-ban Region
JOURNAL NAME:
Current Urban Studies,
Vol.8 No.2,
June
10,
2020
ABSTRACT: The paper constructs the recreation spatial equity
evaluation system of residents’ experience in central urban region and explores
the degree of equity in the Futian District of Shenzhen, which is the case
study area. The evaluation system adopts the quantitative methods of
accessibility theory, which develops a mathematical formula describing the
recreation spatial equity from the perspective of quality, time interval and
satisfaction. According to the results of accessibility index, the article
elaborates on the differences of all kinds of recreation spatial experience of
different social classes to survey the reasons of different experience.
However, the results from surveys indicate that the differences in the
accessibility index of strong class, middle class and weak class are the same.
Moreover, the accessibility index of middle class is higher than the other two
classes, followed by strong class and weak class. Besides, these results differ
from the other previous researches, which refer to the characteristics and
allocation of recreation space as well as the preference of residents. In
addition, after comparing the accessibility index of different types of
recreation space, the paper finds that the equity of public recreation space is
better than that of commercial recreation space. As for park, square and
commercial recreation space and facilities, the equity of them is much better
than those of waterfront recreation space, indoor sports facilities, cultural
and educational space, historical and cultural blocks and golf courses.