The Number of Different Types of Parks in 2006 and 2011 

The Number of Different Types of Parks in 2006 and 2011 

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This paper presents a Geographic Information System based Multicriteria Decision Making approach for evaluating accessibility to public parks in Calgary, Alberta. The approach involves the weighted linear combination with the entropy weighting method for obtaining the criterion (attribute) weights. The paper demonstrates a core-periphery pattern of...

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... road network data of Calgary and park boundaries in the City, created in 2006 and 2011 by DMTI Canada were used in this study (see Figure 2). Between 2006 and 2011, the total area and number of public parks have decreased from 12869 to 12793 acres and 278 to 213, respectively. Over the ve year period, the largest drop was recorded in the number of mini parks (about 37% decrease), followed by the number of neighbourhood parks (about 18% decrease). The number of commu- nity parks has not changed over the ve years (see Figure ...

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