1. Visitation-based classification of urban parks through mobile phone big data in Tokyo.
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Zhou, Yichun, Guan, ChengHe, Wu, Longfeng, Li, Ying, Nie, Xuanyi, Song, Jihoon, Kim, Seung Kyum, and Akiyama, Yuki
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URBAN parks , *BIG data , *RESEARCH parks , *GREEN infrastructure , *PRINCIPAL components analysis , *CELL phones - Abstract
Urban parks, pivotal in fostering physical activity, mental well-being, and environmental stewardship, are integral to green infrastructure planning. Despite advances in georeferenced data applications, existing park classifications often overlook actual visitation patterns. This study reclassifies urban parks using over 5.9 million records from approximately 330 thousand visitors across 300 Tokyo parks, comparing with size-based park categorizations. We employed a range of analytical tools, including principal component analysis, Isolation Forest algorithm, various clustering algorithms, and the Gini index. Our findings first revealed four key visitation indicators, activity intensity, utilization efficiency, temporal occupancy, and revisit volume. These indicators uncovered parks with atypical visitation patterns within each size category, leading to three novel park classifications, everyday leisure parks, social destination parks, and seasonal activity parks. Moreover, we discovered notable disparities in distances traveled to parks, particularly during nights, weekends, and holidays, with pronounced inequalities in seasonal activity parks and smaller parks. The findings advocate for a nuanced park management strategy, prioritizing maintenance and amenity development aligned with observed visitation patterns to enhance recreational potential, thereby contributing insights to urban park research that support the advancement of green infrastructure planning and policy aimed at improving park utility and enjoyment. • Unveiled four principal visitation indicators, capturing nuanced spatio-temporal visitation behaviors. • Detected atypical visitation patterns across all size-based park categories, highlighting disparities in park usage. • Identified three distinct park categories based on visitation data, each with unique visitation patterns. • Significant trip distance disparities were found in smaller and seasonal activity parks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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