Title :
Public fitness facilities design in the context of an aging society
Author :
Xua, Wei ; Chen, Jiajia
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Design, Jiangnan Univ., Wuxi, China
Abstract :
In the context of an aging society, the rational design of public fitness facilities has a positive meaning in improving health level and life quality of citizens, especially for the elderly group, and in building a harmonious society. The paper analyzes the current situation of outdoor public fitness facilities and proposes the principle and requirements of public fitness facilities design, in order to expect public fitness facilities to play its role to the greatest extent through scientific design, thus maximizing social benefits.
Keywords :
design engineering; ergonomics; health care; public utilities; societies; aging society; health level; life quality; outdoor public fitness facility design; scientific design; Atmospheric modeling; Bars; Green products; Materials; Materials reliability; Rain; Reliability engineering; aging society; design; principle; public fitness facilities; requirements;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Industrial Design & Conceptual Design (CAIDCD), 2010 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yiwu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7973-3
DOI :
10.1109/CAIDCD.2010.5681888