Research On The Update Countermeasures Of The Residential Outdoor Space In Shenzhen And In1980s Based On The Health Need Of The Elderly

The problem of population aging is an inevitable product of human societydevelopment and a important symbol of social civilization. Because of specialbackground of society, economy and culture, there is a serious problem ofpopulation aging in our country. Health has a important effect on the daily life ofold people. It is also a main problem in the aging society. Outdoor space is themain event space of the aged. A good space environment is able to ensure thephysical and psychological health of old people and engage their interest inoutdoor activities. Therefore, it is very important to study the residential outdoorspace in the elderly health perspective.Recently, the number of the aged has rapid rise because of the coming ofmigratory elder in Shenzhen. But it lacks facilities for the elders badly. SoShenzhen has developed a pension model based on “home care”. Home caremeans that old people spent most of time on their residential district. The focusof society is how to improve the existing residential environment to satisfy thehealthy needs of the aged. It is a valuable topic to update the outdoor space ofShenzhen in the elderly health perspective.Based on our survey, there are more old people in the residential district ofthe1980s of Shenzhen. Local old people live with migratory together. There aremany problems in the outdoor space which can’t satisfy the heath needs of theaged. Therefore, this paper takes the residential district of the1980s of Shenzhenfor example and proposes an update method considering the needs and problems.Firstly, the theory of elderly health and outdoor space was analyzed. Thesurvey method of this paper was determined by means of reviewing the existingresearch of domestic and overseas. The characters of the residential district ofthe1980s of Shenzhen were analyzed. Based on those, the old people andresidential outdoor space of the1980s of Shenzhen was elected as respondents.This paper analyzed their health characters and needs and the current problems ofoutdoor space. The existing problems on the outdoor space, environmentalfacility and greenery landscape were investigated. And the existing advantages ofthe residential district were concluded as superior geographic location, pleasantspatial scale and beautiful natural environment. Based on those, the updatepreconditions, aims, principles and methods were determined. Lastly, those aimsand principles were followed. The requirements and problems were considered.The update measures of residential district were proposed from four levels in the activity space, environmental facility, green landscape and operationsmanagement. And the methods were demonstrated through the survey cases.The update problems of residential district and the population aging aremain problems of current city development. And those problems become moreand more severe. Through the pilot study of outdoor space update of healthrequirements of the aged, this paper mean to find a update method suiting thefuture development of residential district to deal a serials of problems on theurban decay and population aging. Meanwhile, the environment of formerresidential district can be optimized and the living of the aged can be improved.