Study On Accessibility Of Community Outdoor Fitness Fields Based On Activity Characteristics Of The Elderly

In order to cope with the rapid development of aging,China has incorporated healthy aging into the national development strategy.Outdoor fitness fields in urban residential communities as a major place for the elderly to carry out physical activities such as physical fitness,leisure and entertainment,play an important role in the physical and mental health of the elderly.At the same time,compared with other age groups,the elderly have more leisure time available for allocation,and they are the main users of outdoor fitness fields in the community.At present,there are problems such as insufficient space supply,poor accessibility and lack of attention to the elderly in the planning and design of outdoor fitness fields in residential communities in China.There is still a big gap between the outdoor fitness fields and the growing needs of the elderly for leisure activities.These problems are particularly prominent in the old communities in China.According to the data of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development in 2020,there are 3 billion square meters of old residential areas to be renovated,involving hundreds of millions of residents.In this context,it is very necessary to improve the planning and configuration of community outdoor fitness fields according to the activity characteristics of the elderly group.Based on the perspective of the activity characteristics of the elderly,this paper takes Donghuashi Subdistrict,Dongcheng District,Beijing as an example to study the accessibility of outdoor fitness fields in the communities under its jurisdiction.Firstly,physical and spatial data such as slow traffic system,outdoor fitness fields and residential area distribution in the study area were obtained through field research,and the activity characteristics of the elderly group were analyzed through questionnaire interview and activity observation.Then,based on the survey data,GIS and UNA tools were used to evaluate the accessibility of community outdoor fitness fields in the study area.The evaluation results show that the number of sites in the study area is lower than the standard of living area configuration,the space distribution of sites is uneven,the supply of sites does not match with the demand of residents,the travel distance of the elderly is increased due to the barrier of ground objects,and the accessibility of different types of sites is different.This research according to the basic research and case research experience,from the site location layout,travel and site environment three aspects put forward with the elderly activity characteristics of community outdoor fitness fields accessibility optimization strategy,finally to apply strategies targeted Donghuashi Subdistrict,combined with its status and the site accessibility evaluation results specific retrofit scheme is put forward.