Impacts of Built Environment Satisfaction on Self-Rated Health Outcomes in New Types of Village Communities: A Case Study of Four Communities in Chengdu Outskirts

In the research field of healthy city, most studies focus on the built environment of urban areas. Researches on the built environment of healthy rural communities are inadequate in China. Applying individual self-rated health in the researches of healthy rural areas is of positive significance to promote studies of healthy villages and towns. This study listed four village communities in Pujiang County, Chengdu City of Sichuan Province as typical cases. Questionnaire surveys with individual villagers were carried out, and obtained 411 questionnaire samples. On this basis, it analyzed the characteristics of the self-rated health results of the new type rural community residents, and explored the impacts of the built environment on the self-rated health of the residents. The results show the environmental perception indicators that significantly affect residents' self-rated health in new types of village communities are: satisfaction of housing quality, traffic facilities, sports facilities, nursery facilities, village greening and health environment. Combined with field investigations and in-depth interviews, this study puts forward suggestions on the planning and design of new types of village communities from the perspective of health.