Age-Friendly Cities
Action Plan for an Age-Friendly Portland
In 2006, the Institute on Aging at Portland State University began
collaborating with the World Health Organization in their Global Age-Friendly Cities project.
2013
Themes:
Advancing Age-Friendly Communities in Canada
The “age-friendly cities” concept proposed by the World Health Organization is a multi-sectoral policy approach to address demographic aging in urban settings. Canadian governments at all levels, seniors’ organizations and non-governmental organizations have embraced this model for creating environments to support healthy, active aging.
2013
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The Effect of Social and Built Environment Factors on Aging in Place (AIP): A Critical Synthesis
This project presents a critical synthesis of recent literature (2000-2013) related to aging in place in the urban environment. Definitions across multiple disciplines including geography, gerontology, sociology, and psychology are reviewed and inform the development of a proposed holistic definition of optimal aging in place.
2013
Future Living: A discussion paper identifying issues and options for housing our community.
Housing plays an important role in people’s health and wellbeing, in bringing communities together and in the shape of the city. Our aspiration is for an inner and central city where housing is affordable, well-designed and meets the diverse needs of our residents.
Our housing has to be suitable for our residents as their needs change over their lifetime.
2013
The challenge of an ageing population to future housing and urban policies
Discusses the impact on public policy, particularly housing, that the demographic changes to Denmark's population will bring. Matching housing demand with supply is a major challenge, with the government's priority of ageing in place.
2013
Ageing in urban environments: Developing ‘age-friendly’ cities
This article aims to provide a critical perspective on what has been
termed ‘age-friendly cities’ by shifting the focus from questions such as ‘What is an ideal city for older people?’ to the question of ‘How age friendly are cities?’ This approach might be more suited to deal with the complexities of cities as sites of interlocking and conflicting commercial, social, and political interests.
2012
Specs and the city: planning for an ageing urban population
Creating communities that meet the needs and aspirations of older people is now a major concern for social and public policy. Involving older people in the social and economic life of cities will be a crucial task for urban development in the years ahead.
2012
The Importance of Social Connectedness in Building Age-Friendly Communities
The purpose of this paper is to further elucidate the importance of social relationships and social connectedness with aging in place and in developing elder-friendly communities.
2012
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Cities face challenge of an age-old problem
Urbanisation and aging: the trend in western societies is irreversible. If they are not to spawn ghettos and places of exclusion, cities – and urban planning generally – need to be revisited.
A paradigm shift is more necessary than ever. We need to build cities geared to aging – cities where the built environment encourages active aging.
2012
Are urban environments best for an ageing population?
For an ageing society to function there needs to be a movement back to the cities – but cities need to be adapted and designed with this in mind. A UK article looking at strategies for creating age-friendly cities.
2012
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