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The Impacts of Friendly Designs on the Long-Term Sustainability of Modern Urban Parks

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  • Yikun Wang

    (School of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

  • Tongxiang Su

    (School of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

Abstract

Comprehensive urban parks should be continuously renewed to sustain their sustainability after being built, as they are vital to residents’ quality of life. However, previous studies have focused on a few special groups rather than all age groups. Therefore, understanding citizens’ needs for integrated friendly park designs can facilitate the sustainable development of parks. This study aimed to gather citizens’ opinions on improvements to friendly designs in parks and explore the impact of friendly designs on place attachment. The questionnaires used in this study were collected from visitors ( n = 193) in Xuanwu Lake Park in September 2024, and the data were subsequently analyzed. The study found that enhancing friendly design in urban parks could help to increase visitors’ place attachment. Based on tourists’ feedback, our study proposed improvement strategies in terms of exceptionally and universally friendly design in order to better promote visitors’ place attachment. Enhancing visitors’ sense of place attachment effectively is crucial for policymakers and urban planners to help create all-age-friendly integrated urban parks and to promote sustainable renewal of urban environments.

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  • Yikun Wang & Tongxiang Su, 2025. "The Impacts of Friendly Designs on the Long-Term Sustainability of Modern Urban Parks," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 17(3), pages 1-24, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:17:y:2025:i:3:p:830-:d:1572583
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