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In recent years, researchers, urban planners and local authorities have more actively made tremendous efforts to improve the quality of open spaces. Policy strategies for inclusive and barrier-free environments have been promulgated, however, most of the inclusive open space policies and standards are catered for the newly built constructions. The inclusive design for renovated open spaces are seldom discussed. Using open spaces in Hong Kong and Guangzhou as case studies, this paper identifies barriers to and opportunities for the creation of inclusive open spaces in dense older districts. The paper proposes a framework with six key elements, namely accessibility, reliability, responsibility, flexibility, legibility and resonance, based on analysis of six categories of design and services. The results show that public participation is required during the different stages of planning, decision-making and evaluation. Finally, the paper provides some suggestions for researchers, urban planners as well as policymakers to consider how to improve the quality of open spaces in densely older districts.
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The authors would like to acknowledge the National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund (52008114) and the Young Scholars in Yangcheng of the 13th Five Year Plan for the Development of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Guangzhou (2019GZQN41) for the data collection and the preparation of the paper. The authors would also like to thank School of Design and RISUD of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s research grants and supports, and Eric C. Yim Endowed Professorship in Inclusive Design for this study.
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Xiao, J.X., Siu, K.W.M., Luo, M.J. (2021). Inclusive Design for Open Spaces in Dense Older Districts: A Comparative Study of Hong Kong and Guangzhou. In: Shin, C.S., Di Bucchianico, G., Fukuda, S., Ghim , YG., Montagna, G., Carvalho, C. (eds) Advances in Industrial Design. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 260. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80829-7_38
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