General situation and features of songhe park

Songhe Park belongs to Siping Road, Yangpu District. Siping Road covers an area of 2.75 square kilometers and has a population of about 96,000. It accounts for 8.81%

of Yangpu District's population⁴⁸; among them, 10.7% under 18 years old, 35.2% at 18-35 years old, 18-35- 60 years old accounted for 29.1%, 60 years old and above accounted for 25%. There are 23 neighborhood committees and 70 communities in the district jurisdiction, as well as various agencies, institutions, enterprises and colleges. The community represents a large proportion of the community retired elderly, administrative and management personnel, knowledge and technology. The characteristics of diverse components such as personnel, students and migrant workers.

The streets of Siping Road are characterized by a severe aging community. The elderly over 60 years old account for 25% of the total, but at the same time, the population quality and community civilization are relatively high. There are excellent educational resources such as Tongji University and Yangpu High School. The tertiary education has a population of 39%⁴⁹. Siping Road has won the title of several national and municipal civilized community units. In 2017, 10 communities won the 2015-2016 Shanghai Civilized Community⁵⁰. Siping Road Street integrates community unit resources to provide lectures or training for community residents. At the same time, it also has community micro-renewal projects in cooperation with Tongji University's School of Design and Innovation, such as Siping Space Creation, to promote the vitality

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and cultural development of the community. In the health and sports undertakings, it also fully meets the needs of community residents and outsiders.

Figure 3.7 Songhe Park location (Source: author)

Songhe Park is located at No. 240 Fushun Road, near the northeast of the intersection of Tieling Road and Fushun Road. It is adjacent to the dormitory apartment of Tongji University Zhangwu Campus in the north, Yangshupu Port in the east, and the 90 Tieling Road in the west. The cell, as shown in Figure 3.8.

Figure 3.8 Map of Songhe Park (Source: author)

Songhe Park was opened to the public in October 1986. Covering an area of 1.4 hectares, the park is a traditional Jiangnan courtyard style, mainly composed of green

spaces, water bodies, building facilities and road floors. In July 2008, the Yangpu District Government re-planned the layout of the park according to the needs of the residents in the surrounding communities of the park, added an activity fitness area, and deployed a rich variety of plants. The green area of Songhe Park is 8400m2, accounting for 60% of the total park area; the central viewing pool area is 1300m2, and the fountain area is 50m2 (source: Yangpu Landscaping Construction Maintenance Co., Ltd., 2017).

Figure 3.9 Overview of Songhe Park (Source: author)

In addition to providing scenic views, event venues and facilities, the park also provides a number of functional services for the convenience of the public, such as reception tea house, public restroom, drinking water supply, strollers and wheelchairs, sewing kits, crutches, umbrellas, convenience medical kits, maps and newspapers;

Wednesday, the park director's reception day is held, and visitors are provided with green maintenance knowledge consultation services.

The author visited Songhe Park on the spot, surveyed 102 visitors in the form of questionnaires and interviews; interviewed the director of Songhe Park and two on-duty staff and tea house administrators in the form of an outline interview; Shanghai Yangpu Landscaping Construction Maintenance Community park management staff in the office of the limited liability company; Yangpu garden workers obtained the basic information, water related materials, park management and residents' opinions of Songhe Park.3.2.1 Overview and characteristics of Songhe park.

Figure 3.10 Songhe Park Tourists (Source: author)

According to the survey statistics, Songhe Park has an average of 2,617 people entering the park every day, and the average number of people in the park during the opening hours is 225. The ratio of men to women is basically balanced, and overall men are slightly more than women. The age structure of the Songhe Park tourist population and the age structure of the resident population in Yangpu District are basically similar, mainly to the elderly. The 65-year-old has the most upstream population, accounting for 34.31%; followed by the 50-65 age group, accounting for 27.45%, as shown in Figure 3.11. The smaller the age group, the smaller the proportion. The population under the age of 18 is basically a child-oriented group, and they are accompanied by parents to play in the park.

Figure 3.11 Proportion of age structure distribution of tourists in Songhe Park (Source: author self)

In the occupational distribution of tourists in Songhe Park, workers, corporate clerks and intellectuals accounted for more than 80% of the occupations and retired people, of which workers accounted for the most, accounting for 29.41%, as shown in Figure 3.12. The tourists in the park have a high overall cultural quality.

Figure 3.12 Proportion of occupational distribution of tourists in Songhe Park (Source: author self)

88.24% of the visitors came from Yangpu District. The largest proportion of tourists is the two households with more households near the park. The 50th district of Tieling Road opposite the park accounts for 24.51%; the other residential area of Anshan Sancun, which is diagonally opposite the park, accounts for 13.73%. The 90th and 110 Tieling Road next to the park accounted for 11.76% and 9.8% respectively, as shown in Figure 3.12. The distribution of tourist addresses reflects that the residents of Songhe Park are mainly composed of surrounding residents; the more residential places are located near Songhe Park, the more tourists there are in the residential areas with more households.

Figure 3.13 Proportion of the address of tourists in Songhe Park (Source: author)

In addition to special circumstances (rainy days, etc.), 64.71% of visitors come to Songhe Park at least once or more every day. The daily time and activities are relatively fixed. More than half of the tourists come to the park every morning and afternoon.

Take a walk. 13.72% of visitors come to the park two or three times a week, and 6.86%

of visitors come to the park once a week or choose to come to the park on weekends, as shown in Figure 3.13. Visitors stay in the park mainly in 0-half hours, accounting for 30.39%, 19.61% of visitors stay in the park for half hour, 1-2 hours account for 20.59%. The longer visitors stay, the fewer visitors park have.

Figure 3.14 Proportion of the number of visits to the park in Songhe Park (Source: author)

The activities of tourists in Songhe Park are mainly walking, chatting, enjoying the scenery, accompanying children, drinking drinking water and using public restrooms, as shown in Figure 3.15. In the water service activities, 39.22% of tourists come to Songhe Park to get free drinking water, 67.73% of tourists use public restrooms, and 5.88% of tourists visit the park tea house.

Figure 3.15 Songhe Park tourist activities composition (Source: author)

3.3 Investigation on the current situation of various water services in