Title: Public parks accessibility analysis through GIS: a case study of Tanddo Allahyar City

Authors: Abdul Ghaffar Tahiri; Irfan Ahmed Memon; Saima Kalwar; Noman Sahito; Gopal Das; Shaharyar Brohi

Addresses: Department of City and Regional Planning, MUET Jamshoro, Jamshoro, Pakistan ' Department of City and Regional Planning, MUET Jamshoro, Jamshoro, Pakistan ' Department of City and Regional Planning, MUET Jamshoro, Jamshoro, Pakistan ' Department of City and Regional Planning, MUET Jamshoro, Jamshoro, Pakistan ' Department of City and Regional Planning, MUET Jamshoro, Jamshoro, Pakistan ' Department of City and Regional Planning, MUET Jamshoro, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Abstract: Parks and recreational spaces play a major role in upgrading the living conditions of urban areas. Easily accessible public parks are a crucial aspect of sustainable urban planning. The objective of this study is to assess the level of serviceability of public parks in terms of accessibility, and spatial distribution of neighbourhood and city parks. The data obtained from USGS Earth Explorer and Google Earth software, and was put in ArcGIS 10.2 software for creating land use land cover map of study area. Methods of buffer and network analysis were used for accessibility analysis of public parks category-wise. The catchment area limit is set as 300 m and 800 m for neighbourhood park and city park respectively. The results reveal the clear distinction in the availability of parks across the study area. Moreover, study findings may help concerned authorities and stakeholders to the creation of standards for the delivery of parks and green spaces.

Keywords: public parks; accessibility; GIS; network analysis; buffer analysis.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2023.132083

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2023 Vol.22 No.3, pp.255 - 268

Received: 17 Feb 2021
Accepted: 21 Oct 2021
Published online: 11 Jul 2023 *

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