Healthy Landscape and Healthy Residential Landscape: Theoretical Framework and Digital Evaluation System

Abstract

<p>The multidimensional health crisis has been sparked by wide and rapid urbanization. A healthy community environment can help residents maintain good mental, physical, and social health from upstream, so as to prevent and reduce the occurrence of mental and physical diseases. At present, at the level of theoretical research, the systematic theoretical framework and related impact mechanisms of residential landscape have not been fully established; at the level of methodological research, a systematic evaluation toolkit for healthy community landscapes has not been formed. This study is an initial effort to address these problems. First, this study develops a systematic landscape-health theoretical framework through analysis and synthesis of theoretical and empirical literature in related fields. The framework includes 10 theoretical pathways for landscapes to promote mental health, physical health, and social health. Based on this framework, with an awareness of landscape conditions of urban communities in China and availability of digital techniques, the digital evaluation system of healthy community landscape is proposed. This study will provide a strong support for the development of healthy landscape and healthy residential landscape in China.<br></p>

快速而广泛的城市化引发了多方面的健康危机。健 康的社区景观可以从上游帮助居民维持良好的心理、生理和社 会健康状况，从而预防和减少心理及生理疾病的发生。目前， 在理论研究的层面，自然景观促进健康的系统性理论框架和相 关影响机制还没有完全建立；在方法研究的层面，健康社区景 观的系统评价工具还没有形成。本研究旨在初步解决这些问 题。通过分析和归纳相关领域的理论和实证文献，发展出一个 自然景观促进人类健康的理论框架；该框架包含景观促进心理 健康、生理健康和社会健康的10条理论路径。基于此框架，结 合中国现有城市社区中常见的景观条件和现有的技术条件，提 出一套健康社区景观的数字化评价系统。