City of Subiaco Playspace Strategy - POS tool Case Study

The Centre for the Built Enviornment and Health (CBEH) in conjunction with Dr May Carter from PlaceScape was commissioned by the City of Subiaco to develop an overarching strategy to inform the provision of play spaces within its parks. The POS tool aided with viewing the parks spatially in the custom map interface and with having complete and consistent data across all parks within the LGA (31 parks in total). Additionally the tool assisted with data extracted relating to the presence of play equipment, park hierarchy and park size. The POS catchment data was utilized to determine the proportion of population within various distances of parks (i.e 400 metres of Small Neighbourhood Parks), including the breakdown of percentages of children and young people residing within this catchment. This applied use of this POS data enabled the appraisal of variability in current playspace distribution, walkability and amenity across the LGA.   The resultant Playspace strategy was ratified by the City of Subiaco Council in May 2013, and will be used to inform the development and redevelopment of playspaces and parks within the LGA.

苏比亚科市委托建成环境与健康中心（Centre for the Built Environment and Health，CBEH）与PlaceScape的梅·卡特博士合作，制定一项总体战略，以指导该市公园内游乐场地的规划配置。本次开发的POS工具（POS tool）可支持在自定义地图界面中对公园进行空间可视化查看，并确保地方政府区域（Local Government Area，LGA）内全部31座公园的数据完整且一致。此外，该工具还可辅助提取与游乐设施配置、公园层级及公园规模相关的数据。研究团队利用POS服务覆盖范围数据，测算出处于公园不同步行距离范围内的人口占比（例如小型社区公园周边400米范围内的人口），其中包括居住在该服务范围内的儿童与青少年占比细分情况。通过对POS数据的该类应用，可评估该地方政府区域内当前游乐场地分布、步行可达性及公共配套设施的差异程度。最终形成的《游乐场地战略规划》已于2013年5月经苏比亚科市议会审议通过，将用于指导该地方政府区域内游乐场地与公园的新建及改扩建工作。