Abstract
As a part of the supporting facilities of basic public services, the vegetable market provides great convenience to meet the daily needs of citizens. The study found that the vegetable market is an important supporting facility for family life and a vital indicator of urban livability. However, the traditional markets have the characteristics of large space requirement with convenient transportation position. Therefore, it is difficult for big cities like Shanghai to meet the indicator requirements of the vegetable market especially in the city centers. Under the present background, the composition of the population in residential areas is no longer as simple and unified as in the planned economy era, and the needs of residents are also diversified. Therefore, the layout of the vegetable market should be adjusted in a timely manner, and it should be actively included in fresh supermarkets and hypermarkets to satisfy people’s diverse needs. This paper uses GIS software to divide the Yangpu District of Shanghai, a traditional residential district, into three regions: inner, middle and outer rings. It analyzes the number and service coverage of vegetable markets, hypermarkets, fresh supermarkets, and vegetable stores in each area separately, then summarizes its space organizational characteristics. At last, the author also tries to understand the operation of the vegetable markets through field surveys and interviews. Combined with Shanghai Vegetable Market Planning and case studies of international vegetable market design, this paper finally puts forward suggestions for optimizing the vegetable market layout, operation and space design, including optimizing the vegetable field layout structure, setting up the size of vegetable markets according to different conditions around, strengthening market participation, building three-dimensional vegetable market and flexible operation.
