Park visitation & urban environments

Parks are not only distributed across cities; they are used in profoundly different ways.

The question

How do park characteristics and surrounding urban contexts shape multidimensional visitation patterns in small and medium-sized U.S. urban areas?

Approach

An investigation of visitation intensity, geographic reach, and the social composition of park visitors, combining park attributes with neighborhood and urban context.

Why it matters

This work aims to connect rigorous urban research to evidence that can inform urban analysis and planning decisions.

This page describes ongoing or published scholarly work. Detailed methods, publications, and findings will be added after review.