Research on the well-being experience of rural China’s post-relocation settlement communities in the public realm

Abstract

With economic development and changes in the industrial structure of cities in China, the transformation of industries from agricultural to non-agricultural has brought about significant changes in the living spaces, economic growth, ideology, and cultural attitudes of rural people. Placing people first and responding to rural residents’ wishes in the process of rapid development could become an important issue. This study focuses on the relationship between the well-being experience of relocated residents in rural areas and the public realm of new communities, and constructs a framework for understanding the relationship between the two. By doing so, it aims to resolve the conflict between the design of new settlements and the residents’ needs, thus providing a reference for similar designs in the future.

Keywords

• well-being experience
• new settlement communities
• public realm
• residents’ needs