The Research On Extension And Reinforcement Of Urban Leisure Functions

The object of this study is the development of urban leisure function. Beginning with the developing essence of urban leisure function, i.e. extending and enhancing urban leisure function, this study is carried out based on the following considerations: To what extent may urban leisure function influence cities through development? Would it cause city transformation? Would it change a city's character and then form a leisure city? Or would the formation of some leisure city emerge directly based on people's demand for recreation? To what extent would it influence the development of cities if urban leisure function gets maximized? The study makes a full analysis on factors and mathematical relations of urban leisure function extension by using spatial interaction theory, and then proposes ways and model combinations for evaluating the range and strength of urban leisure function. In addition, the study explores the ways and rules of extension and enhancement strategies on urban leisure function. Through the theory of urban functions, this study analyzes PEST influences on urban leisure function, PEST relations, and statistical index and prediction paths, establishes development index and forecasts the target of developing configuration. These ways, models and indexes are of great use for investigating and obtaining Kaifeng City's leisure nodes and sensory data. Using Arcgis charting technology and SPSS Statistical Method, this study analyzes the present developing features and level of urban leisure function in Kaifeng City, forecasts the developing target of Kaifeng City's leisure function, and then proposes the development strategy accordingly.The approach of this study is to be on the basis of related documents, starting from leisure functions and then analyzing the developing features of leisure function and spatial interactions among leisure nodes. It shows that the formation, existence and development of spatial interactions among urban leisure function nodes drive urban leisure function to enlarge in spatial utility range and during this course, the strength of each functional element and their relations increases. This objective condition together with urban management and relevant industry policies can extend and enhance urban leisure functions, making these functions consistent with urban leisure resources, development foundation and environment, to maximize the development of urban leisure function and establish a prospect of urban leisure functions suitable for harmonious development of human and nature, i.e. leisure cities.Focusing on urban leisure functions, this study makes the following researches: 1. The essential feature of urban leisure function development is extension and enhancement of the function. This part mainly sums up the social and economic background, prerequisites and motive power for development of urban leisure function, i.e. interaction and development mechanism between urban recreation nodes and presents the essential manifestation of urban leisure function development.2. Range evaluation and extension rules of urban leisure function. This is the first key part of this study. It transits from basic and instructive discussion into the nature of the problem on the part of dissertation structure. Based on analyzing the spatial carrier of urban leisure function, i.e. spatial distribution and regions of urban leisure function, through influence analysis and index analysis, establishing evaluation ways, this part proposes such extension paths of urban leisure function as polynuclear extension of leisure enterprises, axial extension of public greenbelts, channel extension of leisure culture and the spread of tourist source market, as well as extension rules of spatial distance decrease.3. Strength evaluation and enhancing strategy on urban leisure function. This is the second key part of the study. Important indexes for evaluating the strength of urban leisure function include factors of urban leisure function, interaction intensity of these factors and their ability to dominate urban development. Quantitative evaluation on strength of urban leisure function can be conducted through combining these index variables with classical models. Furthermore, this part puts forward such strategies for enhancing strength of urban leisure function as transforming and advancing the structure of urban leisure function, increasing specialization level of urban leisure enterprises, strengthening urban authorities'awareness for organization and management, improving urban amenity, promoting industry clusters and enhancing urban industrialization.4. Forecasts on the developing tendency of urban leisure function. Development of urban leisure function will change urban industry structure, culture structure and lifestyle. Maximization of urban leisure function development will become the core competence for middle and small cities to develop and one of important indexes for metropolises' development. On the part of middle and small cities, recreation will lead urban development and induce urban leisure transformation, generating"leisure cities". Emergence of leisure cities will be a milestone in urban reformation and revise people's concept on unban development which focuses on material construction while overlooking humanistic demand.5. Empirical study on the extension and enhancement of urban leisure function in Kaifeng City. Based on variables and data of Kaifeng City's leisure function development acquired from fieldwork and questionnaire survey, this part makes verification on the feasibility of theoretical analysis on spatial interaction of urban leisure activities, carrier of urban leisure function, extension and enhancement of urban leisure function. Through SPSS statistic analysis, the study concludes that leisure function is a prominent function of both Kaifeng City and central Henan urban agglomeration, and that for Kaifeng City, the center of central Henan urban agglomeration, developing strategies should be established to improve its urban leisure function.