What is it about?
This article presents a tool that measures the quality of urban parks in relation to the needs of children and teenagers. Our tool uses secondary data that cities collect and share with the public. Cities, counties, and nonprofit organizations can use this tool to assess how park quality varies within certain jurisdictions.
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Why is it important?
Our tool to measure park quality does not require lengthy and expensive field audits. Instead, it relies on secondary GIS data collected by public agencies. The instrument we developed was validated by experts in park design and planning.
Perspectives
I believe this tool is particularly promising because open GIS data is increasingly more available.
Dr. Alessandro Rigolon
California State University Northridge
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This page is a summary of: A QUality INdex of Parks for Youth (QUINPY): Evaluating urban parks through geographic information systems, Environment and Planning B Urban Analytics and City Science, October 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0265813516672212.
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