Study on Youth Friendly City Renewal Strategies from an Inclusive Perspective

Abstract

With the acceleration of global urbanization, urban renewal has gradually received attention as a key means to improve urban quality of life and optimize spatial resource allocation. However, the traditional urban renewal model focuses more on land use, construction land development intensity, and other aspects, ignoring the needs of different groups of people. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2021, the domestic youth population in China is about 448 million, accounting for about one-third of the total population. This group is not only an important component of cities, but also a key part for the city future development. At present, youth in urban life face the problems just like the lack of urban identity, undersupply of services, and poor quality of living space. Therefore, this study takes an inclusive perspective as the entry point, taking the Expo A area of Pudong New Area in Shanghai, China as an example. Firstly, literature review, questionnaire survey and other methods were used to fully investigate the needs of young people for public spaces. The research results found that the needs of young people for urban public spaces are mainly reflected in diversity, comfort, and publicness, which mainly reflect their needs for cultural, fitness, social and other spaces. Afterwards, the GWR geographically weighted regression model was used to analyze the spatial matching degree between facility supply, regional business formats, and youth demand. Finally, targeted and actionable youth friendly city renewal strategies are proposed in terms of spatial optimization, facility configuration, and business upgrading, in order to enhance the sense of security, belonging, and experience of young people. Not only beneficial for solving various challenges faced by youth in urban renewal, but also provides feasible solutions for the sustainable development of cities, and provides new ideas and methods for future urban planning and urban renewal.