Abstract:
There are obvious differentiation of recreational use in urban parks, and the lack of guarantee of recreational opportunities and experiences of vulnerable groups. To realize the landscape justice of recreation in urban parks, the concept of “inclusive” design has gained more and more attention. First, by introducing the concept of “design exclusion”, this research defines the object, objective and process of inclusive design, believing that inclusive design can reduce the recreation inequity in urban parks by resisting the design exclusion. Second, this research analyzes the characteristics and factors of “passive exclusion” and “active exclusion”, pointing out that inclusive design comprises the inclusion of external usage requirements and internal psychological perception. Finally, based on the understanding of the connotation of inclusiveness, it proposes that the research perspective of inclusive design should focus on the differences in the abilities and needs of various groups of visitors, as well as the overlap and conflict of the requirements among the groups, and the usage and positive emotional experience in urban parks. We suggest that designers and researchers should create diversified spaces suitable for recreational characteristics of all groups, alleviate recreational conflicts, promote shared space, popularize universal design and explore the logic of environmental design method for visitors to develop the sense of place identity with the help of the place attachment theory.