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Arid Land Geography ›› 2023, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (10): 1744-1756.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2022.672

• Regional Development • Previous Articles    

Prediction of the accessibility of parks and green spaces for the elderly in Xining City based on mobile phone location data

ZHAO Zhiyuan1,2,3(),DING Yichen1,2,YANG Xiping4,5,WU Sheng1,2,3   

  1. 1. Academy of Digital China (Fujian), Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
    2. Key Laboratory of Spatial Data Mining and Information Sharing, Ministry of Education, Fuzhou 350003, Fujian, China
    3. Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Big Data Applications in Governments, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China
    4. Key Laboratory of Urban Land Resources Monitoring and Simulation, Ministry of Natural Resources, Shenzhen 518000, Guangdong, China
    5. School of Geography and Tourism, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an 710119, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2022-12-22 Revised:2023-02-22 Online:2023-10-25 Published:2023-11-10

Abstract:

Predicting and analyzing the availability of green space resources for the elderly are crucial for improving their quality of life and addressing the challenges of an aging society. Taking Xining City, the area with the largest elderly population in Qinghai Province, as the study area, this study identifies and predicts the spatial distribution of older people based on mobile phone location data with age identification information. The Gaussian-based two-step floating catchment area (G2SFCA) method was then employed to study and predict the accessibility of parks and green spaces for the elderly. The following results were observed: (1) The elderly population increasing rate exhibited a circular distribution, displaying a low rate in the central city and outer suburbs and a high rate in the inner suburbs. (2) The overall spatial distribution pattern of accessibility of parks and green spaces for the elderly did not change significantly over the 10-year forecast period, but the general accessibility level declined. Under the condition of walking for 15 min, the population covered by relatively high and high grades of accessibility decreased from 17.58% to 6.70%. Moreover, under the condition of public transportation for 30 min, the population covered by relatively high and high grades of accessibility decreased from 26.41% to 9.28%. (3) It was found that the relative variability of accessibility of parks and green spaces for the elderly is significant from 2018 to 2028, with approximately 87% of the parks and green spaces experiencing a reduction of >70% in accessibility under both walking and public transportation conditions for 30 min. This study provides valuable insights for future urban park and green space planning, particularly in response to the needs of an aging population.

Key words: the elderly people, park and green space, mobile phone data, accessibility, Gaussian-based two-step floating catchment area method, Xining City