Abstract
At the Fifth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, it was clearly proposed to implement an urban regeneration action to promote high-quality urban development. Strengthening the transformation of older neighborhoods in cities and towns is one of the main objectives and tasks of this action. As a major livelihood project and development project, the regeneration and transformation of older neighborhoods not only need to deal with the improvement and transformation of the physical space environment, but also face the profound contradictions brought about by the complex social structure. In the process of high-speed and large-scale urban construction, a large number of older neighborhoods that need to be regenerated have emerged in the existing residential environment. At the same time, the social age structure of many residents in older neighborhoods also shows distinct characteristics of aging. This kind of "double aging" residential area, which is accompanied by the aging of residents in the aging process of the physical environment, has gradually become an important type faced by the regeneration of older neighborhoods. At the same time, older neighborhoods where elderly groups live together are also the main space carrier for the development of home-based care service in China. However, compared with the development and construction of large-scale aging communities, studies on improving the quality of life of the elderly through neighborhood regeneration methods show problems and shortcomings in practice. In addition, under the background that domestic and foreign pension policies are aimed at promoting active ageing which is about promoting the elderly to maintain social connections, participating in economic activities and social affairs, and attaching importance to mental health, how to implement "double aging" neighborhoods regeneration under the framework of active ageing to achieve the goals of promoting the elderly to maintain an active, vital and healthy life in the community and extending the time from old age to disability as much as possible is a research question that needs to be expanded. In the research, the first is to summarize the "EPA-S" model (E-environmental supports, P-personal abilities, A- activity behaviors, S-active life state) under the two main lines of literature review of neighborhood regeneration and active ageing. The model is to describe the main dimensions and content involved in the practice of active ageing. Then, based on the model, sample data was collected in four types of older neighborhoods in Beijing through the design of the survey content to perform multi-layer linear regression analysis to verify the reliability of the model and the correlation between the indicators. Then through the activity path analysis method and relevant stakeholder interviews, the paper further analyzes the problems of physical space in supporting the active life behaviors of the elderly and the reasons that promote and hinder these problems from being resolved. By combining the domestic and foreign case analysis and practical transformation examples, it proposes strategies and policy mechanisms for regeneration of double aging neighborhoods under the framework of active ageing. Including: ① Carrying out regeneration and construction work in a multi-scale space around the three goals of "ease" guarantee, "happiness" support and "home" construction; ② Establish a public life network based on the principle of “intergeneration, mixed-function, convenience and affordability”; ③Establish a multi-channel community voluntary service and co-governance mechanism with the elderly as the main participants. Keywords: Older Neighborhoods; Active Aging; Mental Health; Urban Design; Neighborhood Regeneration
