Problems and Transformation Measures of Urban Parks in the Post-pandemic Era

Abstract

The outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic shattered peoples peaceful lives, seriously threatened human lives, and sounded an alarm for urban development and public safety and health. In resisting the pandemic, a major public health emergency, public awareness of health has also been raised to an unprecedented level. This study takes Baishamen Park in Haikou city as an example to identify the current problems of urban parks and put forward some transformation strategies based on a pandemic-related perspective. The study discovers that currently, urban parks lack detailed designs for social distance requirements and psychological healing. The infrastructures and intelligent facilities in urban parks are not complete. Urban parks also fail to appropriately deal with visitors with different attitudes toward the infection risks. Then, the study puts forward some transformation strategies and designs, such as: planting some virus-inhibiting plants, adding disinfection facilities, introducing spray disinfection robots, and designing some facilities to control social distance. These transformation measures can be helpful for urban parks to meet the new needs of peoples recreation in the post-pandemic era.