Urban parks play a distinctive and important role in satisfying residents’ demands on leisure and recreation, and thus have become the focus of research in the field of urban planning and sustainable development. The measurement of the equity of the spatial pattern of urban park plays an important role in optimizing the construction of urban parks. In this paper, the administrative streets of Shinan District of Qingdao City were taken as the spatial unit. Three aspects of urban park (supply quantity, landscape quality, and accessibility measures) were analyzed by the principal component analysis, two-step moving search method, and coupled coordination analysis. Results show that (1) Administrative streets have the most significant differences in accessibility measures and the least differences in landscape quality. Badaguan Street has the highest indexes in the number of urban parks supply and accessibility measures, and Zhuhai Road Street has the highest indexes in landscape quality. (2) On the whole, the coupling coordination of the spatial pattern of urban parks in Shinan District is poor, among which the coordination level of Badaguan Street is the highest and has moderately coordinated. Our results provide a valuable reference for sustainable urban design and planning.
Given the current aging population, the demand on medical facilities, facilities for elderly care, and even their high prevalence, it is crucial to investigate the advantages of older people. The amount of scholarly literature examining natural factor-related activities to enhance older people’s health status has steadily risen over the last few decades. But the scope of the present review is limited. We compiled the results of 33 peer-reviewed publications and conducted a meta-analysis using a total of 27 relevant variables to assess the advantages of horticultural therapy (HT) for, among other things, the physical and psychological functioning of the elderly. Results show that horticultural therapy may be helpful in helping seniors lose weight -0.195 (95% CI -0.507,0.117), reduce their waist circumference -0.327 (95% CI -0.637, -0.017), improve their physical flexibility (chair sit-and-reach) 0.302 (95% CI 0.036, 0.569), lower their stress -0.339 (95% CI -0.610, -0.069) and cortisol -0.902 (95% CI -0.728, -0.002) levels, improve social interaction 0.370, (95% CI 0.115, 0.624), increase daily vegetables and fruit consumption 0.688 (95% CI: 0.287, 1.089). HT may be a useful tool for enhancing the physical, mental and social aspects of older adults.
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