The Study on the Scale of the Specialized Residential Area for Aged People in China

Abstract:

This paper aims to discuss what is the suitable scale of the specialized residential area for aged people. We used the method of combining the qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis, carded and compared the dates of the cognition and communication for the aged people, the walking range for the aged people, the walking range for pension service facilities, property management and relevant standards one by one, got the reasonable scale from two terms that is population scale and land scale. The optimum scale of the specialized residential area for aged people is population scale between 1000 to 2500 people and land area between 4.96 to 12.65 hectares. This data will play a guiding role for the construction and design of the specialized residential area for aged people in the future, and also will provide a reference for the planning and design of old settlements in urban planning.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1073-1076)
• Pages: 1486-1489
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1073-1076.1486
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Qi Zu, Ye Tian*, Wan Di Liu
• Keywords: China, LaNd, Population, Scale, The Specialized Residential Area for Aged People

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