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Creating age-friendly cities: prioritizing interventions with Q-methodology
Over the past two decades, the age-friendly city (AFC) movement has emerged as a policy response to rapid population ageing and urbanization. Although AFCs have been conceptualized in different ways, there is a consensus that an interconnected physical and social environment is critical for creating age-friendly communities. To date, however, there has been limited investigation of the comparative importance of these elements within cities. Using Q-methodology, this study examines how key stakeholders prioritize age-friendly interventions seen through a case study of metropolitan Perth, Australia. Based on the World Health Organization's age-friendly cities guide, a new conceptual framework is presented that categorizes AFC interventions by elements (physical and social) and scale (community and targeted). Q-factor analysis revealed a number of distinct viewpoints that highlight the importance of a life course perspective along with spatial and social planning for the creation of age-friendly communities.
Creating age-friendly cities: prioritizing interventions with Q-methodology
Over the past two decades, the age-friendly city (AFC) movement has emerged as a policy response to rapid population ageing and urbanization. Although AFCs have been conceptualized in different ways, there is a consensus that an interconnected physical and social environment is critical for creating age-friendly communities. To date, however, there has been limited investigation of the comparative importance of these elements within cities. Using Q-methodology, this study examines how key stakeholders prioritize age-friendly interventions seen through a case study of metropolitan Perth, Australia. Based on the World Health Organization's age-friendly cities guide, a new conceptual framework is presented that categorizes AFC interventions by elements (physical and social) and scale (community and targeted). Q-factor analysis revealed a number of distinct viewpoints that highlight the importance of a life course perspective along with spatial and social planning for the creation of age-friendly communities.
Creating age-friendly cities: prioritizing interventions with Q-methodology
Atkins, Mariana T. (author)
International Planning Studies ; 25 ; 303-319
2020-10-01
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
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