Effects of COVID-19 on Sustainability of Residential Spaces and Communities

Abstract

The effect of the pandemic on residential spaces and communities is a popular topic around the world. And some researchers found out that sustainable development in the living spaces is also affected, while the extent and the specific changes still lack explanation. Therefore, the theme of this article is to explore and assess the effects of COVID-19 on sustainability in residential spaces and communities. In order to get the result, the data were collected from questionnaires mainly from Jiangxi and Guangdong. After that, seven different interviews were conducted with different groups of people in these two places. Finally, these two sets of data were compared and analyzed and it can be found that the public now has more enormous expectations of the usage of existing resources and that they have made some changes simultaneously in order to respond to the current situation. Therefore, on the basis of people's expectations, the following suggestion is proposed to further improve their quality of life, including public parks, garbage classification, delivery lockers with monitors or purifiers, temporary buffering areas, multi-function areas, and entertainment areas. The purpose of previous suggestions is to hope that people can get relevant inspiration through these points, so as to better coy with the current global crisis.