Table 6. Park assessment contents of NGST

Category Items Weight
Accessibility (AC) Number of entrances, existence of pedestrian roads around parks, short-cut, quantity and quality of pedestrian roads 18%
Recreation facilities (RA) Sports court, field, recreation square, playground, fitness equipment, playground, quantity and quality of open space for walking 16%
Amenity (AM) Seatings, toilet, signal, lighting 22%
Natural features (NA) Lawn, tree, shrubs/plants, water feature 20%
Incivility (IN) Rubbish, evidence of alcohol, evidence of smoking, graffiti, broken glass, vandalism 24%
NGST Sum of each category