Xu Tianrong, Aini Ainoriza Mohd, Nordin Nikmatul Adha
Centre for Sustainable Planning and Real Estate (SUPRE), Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Heliyon. 2024 Aug 2;10(15):e35567. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35567. eCollection 2024 Aug 15.
Based on the background of rapid global ageing, research exploring urban green spaces and the subjective well-being of urban residents has become one of the key research interests. However, the evidence for assessing the real benefits of urban green spaces on the subjective well-being of older adults by comprehensively examining the features of urban green spaces is limited. We surveyed older urban green space users (n = 536) aged 60 years and older in Nanjing, China, and evaluated the impacts of spatial, green, and grey features of urban green spaces on older people's overall satisfaction with urban green spaces and subjective well-being. The results of the multiple linear regression model showed a strong association between the three types of urban green space features, overall satisfaction with urban green space, and subjective well-being of older adults. The study results indicated that the grey feature of urban green spaces emerged as the most influential factor (p = 0.004) among the three features of urban green spaces in relation to their effect on the subjective well-being of older adults. This implies that it is essential to focus on the importance of grey s of urban green spaces in the planning and design of urban green spaces for older adults' use of different urban green spaces and their sense of well-being. These results contribute to the development of healthy ageing policies and age-friendly urban green space management strategies in rapid ageing countries around the world.
在全球老龄化快速发展的背景下，探索城市绿地与城市居民主观幸福感的研究已成为关键研究热点之一。然而，通过全面考察城市绿地特征来评估城市绿地对老年人主观幸福感实际益处的证据有限。我们对中国南京60岁及以上的城市绿地老年使用者（n = 536）进行了调查，并评估了城市绿地的空间、绿色和灰色特征对老年人对城市绿地的总体满意度和主观幸福感的影响。多元线性回归模型的结果表明，城市绿地的这三种特征、对城市绿地的总体满意度以及老年人的主观幸福感之间存在很强的关联。研究结果表明，在城市绿地的三种特征中，灰色特征在对老年人主观幸福感的影响方面成为最具影响力的因素（p = 0.004）。这意味着在为老年人规划和设计城市绿地以供其使用并提升其幸福感时，必须重视城市绿地灰色特征的重要性。这些结果有助于全球快速老龄化国家制定健康老龄化政策和适老化城市绿地管理策略。
