A Living Space Research OF The Elderly Based On Their Activity Pattern

Based on a variety of factors, China is undergoing a process of rapidly aging. Aging will bring all kinds of influence in China, and also this will cause a variety of problems, and therefore we must actively respond to the problem both in theory and in practice. In this thesis, with a comprehensive application of behavioral geography, the elderly sociology, timing geography and other relevant theories and methods, the author selected the rapid urbanization and rapid aging of the population of Nanjing city as the research region, and through a study of questionnaire survey of elderly in Nanjing city, the author summarized the law of shopping, leisure activities, personal matters of the elderly in Nanjing city. And also, with a integrated use of statistical analysis methods, this paper made a comparative study of the different within the elderly group to adentify the key factors that affected the elderly activity patterns. The following results were obtained.(1) The shopping activities of the elderly in Nanjing city mainly took place around the community and the nearby commence facilities. And as a result of the shopping type, supermarkets and vegetable markets became the most important shopping place for the elderly. Walking was the most common way of the elderly to travel to their shopping place. Different attributes of the elderly could affect their shopping behavior, age, gender and the economic conditions were the main factors that affected the shopping pattern of the elderly. And also, the settlements location of the elderly made a great influence to the elderly during their shopping.(2) The leisure activities of the elderly in Nanjing city mainly took place around the community and the nearby leisure facilities. Park and squre were the most important place for the elderly to take their leisure activities. Walking was the most common way of the elderly to travel to their leisure place. Different attributes of the elderly could affect their leisure behavior, age gender were the main factors that affected the leisure pattern of the elderly. And also, the settlements location of the elderly made a great influence to the elderly during their leisure activities.(3) Medical treatment, travel, and parties made up the main part of the personal affair activities of the elderly in Nanjing city. These activies showed differences between the younger and the elderly in the way of frequency and travel mode. Also, these activities were influenced by the personal attributes of the elderly.