Constructing a Landscape Social Performance Evaluation System for Urban Stormwater Parks: A Case Study of Yanweizhou Park in Jinhua, Zhejiang

Abstract

Urban stormwater parks are designed with ecological functionality as the primary focus. This paper investigates the social benefits of urban stormwater landscape, assessing feedback from various users through the establishment of evaluation models, field surveys, comparative park analyses, and mathematical modeling analyses. The aim is to provide insights for optimizing the design benefits of urban stormwater parks. This study selects Yanweizhou Park in Jinhua, Zhejiang, a typical urban stormwater park in China, as the case study for evaluation research and introduces the traditional park, Wuzhou Park, for comparison. The results show that Yanweizhou Park, designed with ecology as the first principle, still receives high praise in terms of social performance, with people perceiving stormwater parks as better representing the city’s image. Stormwater parks are more popular among young people and facilitate more dispersed activities. However, both types of parks suffer from insufficient basic infrastructure.

Presenters

Yaohui Su
Student, PhD Candidate, Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Details

Presentation Type

Paper Presentation in a Themed Session

Theme

2025 Special Focus—Sustainable Development for a Dynamic Planet: Lessons, Priorities, and Solutions

KEYWORDS

URBAN STORMWATER PARKS, SOCIAL PERFORMANCE, COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS