ABSTRACT

Urban country parks are an important part of the urban park system and are important for the development and construction of the city. The accessibility of a country park can reflect the spatial distribution of the park and its services, and is an important indicator of whether a country park is accessible to citizens. The national parks in Chengdu were used as the study subjects, and three methods, namely kernel density analysis, standard deviation ellipse analysis and buffer zone analysis, were used to analyze the accessibility characteristics of the parks. The results show that rural parks in Chengdu are generally distributed in an east-west direction, with fewer parks in a north-south direction, and they are spread around major urban areas in a‘double ring’. Access to country parks is poor by bicycle, average by bus, and best by car. The conclusion is that the country parks in Chengdu are reasonably well distributed, well accessible overall, and suitable for self-drive tours. However, there are still some gaps in the service, there is scope for additional country parks in the north-south direction, and the issue of poor cycle access needs to be addressed.