THE ACTUAL USE OF OUTDOOR SPACES AND THE FORMATION OF COMMUNITY IN QILOU DISTRICTS

—Study on the residential environment of Qilou district in Guangzhou city, China Part 3—

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to clarify the actual use of the outdoor spaces (e.g. alley, colonnade) and the elements influencing the formation of community in Qilou districts. This paper analyses the characteristic of residents' behaviour in the outdoor spaces and residents' consciousness in daily life about the outdoor space. As the result of the analysis, we can find residents use the outdoor spaces as community spaces, and colonnades and alleys have some subjects for conservation and re-improvement to take over as valuable space for residents.