How to Alleviate the Aging Problem in China? Accessibility Building Strategies and Smart Accessibility Community

The problem of aged tendency of population is receiving considerable attention worldwide. Despite the vast research on old-age measures and security, little is known about the barrier-free environment construction strategy of the whole society and the realization of social value of the elderly. This study aims to determine how to build a barrier-free environment and what can China do at present. For this purpose, literature on psychology, sociology, landscape design and architectural design was consulted and analyzed. By comparison, this paper finds that there is still a large gap between China and developed countries in barrier-free construction. China can draw lessons from this in light of its own situation. Finally, this paper summarizes the barrier-free environment construction strategy in accordance with China’s national conditions. Guided by this strategy, China can carry out the construction of intelligent barrier-free community first. In the barrier-free community, residential areas, office areas and centralized service areas within a stride of 500 m can be set up.