Abstract: |
Community‘s sport facilities planning not only refer to site location, but also consider facilities provision, such as the quality and value elements. From the perspective of people, the purpose of facilities planning is to meet the public needs. In order to provide some references to sport facilities planning in China, the paper analyses the key part of Facilities Planning System (FPS) in England: Provision/Needs Balance (PNB). The simple form of PNB is the process of local needs assessment, auditing local provision, setting provision standards and applying, which gives a good example to explain PNB framework and supports useful tools and techniques. |