Abstract

Study on the satisfaction degree of barrier-free facilities of the elderly in the urban residential outdoor environment: Case of hangzhou

Author(s): Wu Wenting, Huang Yan, Ren Yi

With the trends of home-based care and increasing population aging, to build barrier-free facilities in the residential outdoor environment is significantly important to improve the life quality of the elderly, make old people enjoy themselves and build high quality outdoor activity space for the elderly in the residential districts. This paper takes Hangzhou residential districts as the research object, uses typical sampling methods, selects 12 residential districts including high-grade commercial housing, general commercial housing and affordable housing and then discusses the satisfaction degree and related problems of barrier-free facilities in the residential outdoor environment from the perspective of the elderly through questionnaires and interviews so as to meet the psychological and behaviour demands of the elderly for barrier-free facilities in the residential outdoor environment and provide reference for the sustainable development of the residential outdoor environment.