Research on Urban Community Public Space Design Based on Children’s Psychological Needs—A Case Study and Survey of Chengdu Yulin East Road - Open Journal of Social Sciences

JSS > Vol.7 No.8, August 2019

Research on Urban Community Public Space Design Based on Children’s Psychological Needs—A Case Study and Survey of Chengdu Yulin East Road ()

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DOI: 10.4236/jss.2019.78032 838 Downloads 2,151 Views Citations

Author(s)

Chaoyi You

Affiliation(s)

School of Urban Planning and Architecture, Southwest Minzu University, Chengdu, China.

ABSTRACT

Viewing from the theory of child psychology, there is close connection between space environment and psychological development. Community public space, as children’s after-school micro-environment, is an important place for the shaping of cognitive ability, personality and social process. Based on this background, taking the communities of Yulin East Road in Wuhou District of Chengdu as the research object, within the radius of one kilometer radiation centered on Yulin East Road, this paper conducted a survey on the current situation of street space, square space and courtyard space and found that there is inadequate recreational facilities in current spaces, together with the unreasonable traffic layout, which cannot meet the various needs of children. In the end, the planning suggestions are proposed based on the different scales of spaces. Children are the major concerns in the urban development. The introduction of child developmental psychology into the design of urban open spaces, it should become an urgent need for the reshaping of the vitality of urban open spaces and the recovery of children’s rights.

KEYWORDS

Community Public Space, Street, Square, Courtyard, Child Psychology

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You, C. (2019) Research on Urban Community Public Space Design Based on Children’s Psychological Needs—A Case Study and Survey of Chengdu Yulin East Road. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 7, 444-457. doi: 10.4236/jss.2019.78032.

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