Healthy City Community Space-Oriented Structural Planning and Management Optimization under COVID-19

Ya Yang, Zhengyu Jiang, Yawei Hou, Huaxing Wang () and Zeyu Wang
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Ya Yang: School of Architecture & Urban Planning, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei 230009, China
Zhengyu Jiang: School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
Yawei Hou: School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou 221116, China
Huaxing Wang: Law School, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou 310000, China
Zeyu Wang: School of Public Administration, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: This work studies ways of Healthy City Construction (HCC) and Urban Governance Optimization (UGO) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The specific urban community space planning structure is proposed following a literature review on the healthy city’s theoretical basis and historical development. Then, the proposed HCC-oriented community space structure is tested by surveying residents’ physical and mental health and infectious risk using a questionnaire survey and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). Specifically, the particle fitness is calculated according to the original data conditions, and the community space with the highest fitness is determined. Based on the calculation, the community space’s neighbors are investigated from different aspects through a questionnaire survey on patients’ daily activities and community health security coverage. The results showed that: (1) The score of daily activities of community patients with respiratory diseases was 2312 before the implementation of the proposed community structure and 2715 after the implementation. Therefore, the service quality of residents increases after implementation. (2) The proposed HCC-oriented community space structure improves the physical self-control ability of chronic patients and helps them reduce their pain. This work aims to create a people-oriented healthy city community space, improve the city’s “immune system,” and regenerate the energy and environmental sustainability of the urban living environment.

Keywords: healthy city; health security; Community spatial structure planning; community space (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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