Research Progress on Social Benefits of Overseas Community Parks from the Perspective of Neighborhood Well-Being

In addition to ecological and economic benefits, community parks, with their social benefits, can push people towards a higher quality of neighborhood life, and this has always been an important issue in the field of landscape architecture and urban planning in developed countries. By interpreting the development process and functions of overseas community parks, this research points out that the research hotspot of social benefits of community parks mainly focuses on the social impacts on neighborhood well-being. Using the Web of Science database, it summarizes the research results of community parks and neighborhood well-being after the advent of the 21st century. The results show that the impacts mainly focus on four aspects: the threat of neighborhood security, the exclusion of neighborhood differentiation, the cohesion of good-neighborly relations and the promotion of neighborhood health. It proposes the spatial path to enhance neighborhood well-being combining with nearly 20 years of experience in the construction of community parks in developed countries, it gives enlightenment to the construction of Chinese community parks to give full play to and enhance the comprehensive benefits of park green space.