Abstract
With many years of urban development, Shanghai is experiencing urban transition. During this period, the city has turned from the stage of seeking rapid economic growth to a new stage of seeking ways of urban renewal to enhance urban livability. With leisure time increasing, outdoor recreation has present popular trend and become a typical lifestyle of more and more people. Requirements for diverse outdoor recreational opportunities and pleasant urban public space is getting higher and higher. Based on online public survey, offline interview with outdoor enthusiasts, field research, and comprehensive analysis of other relative plans of Shanghai, selection criteria of existing outdoor public space suitable for recreational trail system are proposed. Five types of trails, three kinds of spaces and fifteen theme lines are carried out to provide diverse choices for the public. Meantime, suggestions on the design level, includes improving pedestrian environment, and increasing the numbers of service facilities, are discussed. The recreational trail system planning of Shanghai provides a systematic way of thinking for the enhancement of public environmental quality and livability in high-density urban area.
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