Planning for Greying Cities: Age-Friendly City Planning and Design Research and Practice

Planning for Greying Cities: Age-Friendly City Planning and Design Research and Practice
ISBN-10
1315442876
ISBN-13
9781315442877
Category
Architecture
Pages
180
Language
English
Published
2017-12-06
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao

Description

Planning for Greying Cities: Age-Friendly City Planning and Design Research and Practice highlights how modern town planning and design act as a positive force for population ageing, taking on these challenges from a user-oriented perspective. Although often related to 'healthy city' concepts, the contexts of age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC) were not emphasized until the early 2000s. Planning for Greying Cities is the first book to bring together fundamental and cutting-edge research exploring dimensions of age-friendly cities in different spatial scales. Chapters examine the ageing circumstances and challenges in cities, communities, and rural areas in terms of land use planning, urban design, transport planning, housing, disaster resilience, and governance and empowerment, with international case studies and empirical research results of age-friendly environment studies. It is essential reading for academics and practicians in urban planning, gerontology, transport planning, and environmental design.

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