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Under rapid urbanization and watershed-scale spatial restructuring, urban green-space systems are often treated as residual indicators after construction land has been allocated, which limits the capacity of blue–green networks to act as leading frameworks for spatial structure and development sequencing. Taking the Sanjiangkou New Town Master Plan in Lishui, Zhejiang Province, China, as a case, this study develops the concepts of landscape-flow transformation and locality in urban green-space networks and examines their generative, planning, and participatory mechanisms through planning-document interpretation, visual evidence-chain analysis, sequential scenario construction, and an exploratory public-participation questionnaire survey. The paper proposes an integrated Perception–Cognition–Interaction (PCI) and Ecology–Construction–Program (ECP) framework. The ECP framework clarifies how locality-based landscape ecology constrains network formation, how frontloaded green networks shape urban zoning and mobility structures, and how long-term construction, use, and feedback refine master-planning schemes. The PCI framework explains how the public enters planning communication through embodied locality perception, structural understanding, and interactive feedback. Based on 400 valid questionnaires, the results reveal significant differences between local and non-local respondents in locality perception and planning understanding. The PCI pathway provides exploratory evidence that perception, cognition, and interaction are closely associated in scenario-based planning communication. The study argues that green-space networks should be introduced as an ecological substrate, structural constraint, and dynamic feedback system rather than as post hoc environmental land-use allocation. Its contribution is to reposition locality from a visual character label to a mechanism of pattern generation, phasing, and participatory negotiation. Full article

Nature-based recreation in urban areas is essential for the well-being of citizens. Park green space (PGS) is a necessary urban infrastructure and a critical step of urban planning and policy-making. The existing research on PGS only focuses on service allocation problems existing in the current urban development, ignoring changes in residential communities accessibility. This research provides new ideas to evaluate PGS. Based on parks and residential communities’ data, we adopt an improved Gaussian-based two-step floating catchment area (2SFCA) method to evaluate PGS accessibility in Ningbo (China) and its matching with different levels of residential areas. We present a case study in Ningbo, and discuss its implications for PGS management. This study contains two elements: (a) Compare the current and initial PGS accessibility of each community to accurately identify the communities with PGS vacancies. (b) Analyze and discuss the association between community accessibility and residential house prices. Compare the PGS coverage ratios of communities at different levels to determine the equity of PGS planning in Ningbo. We found that the level of PGS allocation in the central area of Ningbo is high. Obviously, high-value clusters are formed in Sanjiangkou, Zhenhai New Town, Southern and Eastern Yinzhou. The accessibility level in the middle area of Yinzhou is low, and there are super high accessibility residential communities in the outer city area. There is an exact period of green space vacancy in the middle and the outer area. The residential areas with ultra-high accessibility did not configure PGS services at the beginning of their construction. There is no noticeable difference in PGS accessibility of residential communities of different levels at present, but 149 low- and middle-income residential communities lack green space service when the construction was completed. High-end residential communities have priority on enjoying park green space services. Our study suggests that PGS accessibility should be studied temporally and spatially for each residential community. The Ningbo government should strengthen the balanced construction of green space in parks and guarantee green space services for low-end residential communities to improve green space equity. Full article