TY - JOUR
T1 - Age-friendly urbanism
T2 - Intertwining ageing in place and place in ageing
AU - Sun, Yi
AU - Ng, Mee Kam
AU - Stessa Chao, Tzu Yuan
N1 - Funding Information:
This research project is funded by the Public Policy Research Funding Scheme from the Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Project Number 2019.A6.145.19D) and the Research Sustainability of Major RGC Funding Schemes 2018–19 – Environmental Health and Environmental Justice at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. We are very grateful for the constructive comments from two referees and the editor, Dr Sturzaker. Our article was also inspired by Janet Askew in her presentation at Tainan City.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/11/1
Y1 - 2020/11/1
N2 - Urbanisation and population ageing are two critical trends identified in the New Urban Agenda. Understanding the relationship between environment-related experiences and well-being is conducive to achieving an age-friendly urbanism. We argue that place, as a location, a material form and an expression of value, is an essential component of this relationship. Physical and social environments shape socio-spatial experiences and hence ones well-being, bearing significant implications for the current policy movement of ageing in place. Environment comprises contexts whereby older people develop sentimental and emotive links to the place they live. Such links give rise to residential satisfaction and place attachment, the psychological experiences that highlight the importance of place in ageing. The article calls for research and planning practices to shed light on policies concerning age-friendly urbanism.
AB - Urbanisation and population ageing are two critical trends identified in the New Urban Agenda. Understanding the relationship between environment-related experiences and well-being is conducive to achieving an age-friendly urbanism. We argue that place, as a location, a material form and an expression of value, is an essential component of this relationship. Physical and social environments shape socio-spatial experiences and hence ones well-being, bearing significant implications for the current policy movement of ageing in place. Environment comprises contexts whereby older people develop sentimental and emotive links to the place they live. Such links give rise to residential satisfaction and place attachment, the psychological experiences that highlight the importance of place in ageing. The article calls for research and planning practices to shed light on policies concerning age-friendly urbanism.
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U2 - 10.3828/tpr.2020.87
DO - 10.3828/tpr.2020.87
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104965407
SN - 0041-0020
VL - 91
SP - 601
EP - 619
JO - Town Planning Review
JF - Town Planning Review
IS - 6
ER -