Mobility and healthy ageing in the city: exploring opportunities and challenges of autonomous vehicles for older adults' outdoor mobility

R Zandieh, RA Acheampong - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
… -related impairments, physical and sensory disabilities may no longer become barriers to …
mobility within their residential neighbourhoods and across the wider urban environment. …

Exercise interveNtion outdoor proJect in the cOmmunitY for older people–results from the ENJOY Seniors Exercise Park project translation research in the community

P Levinger, M Panisset, J Dunn, T Haines, B Dow… - BMC geriatrics, 2020 - Springer
… Hence, the design of an age friendly ‘active environment’ has … age friendly active spaces
for older people with the utilization of outdoor exercise equipment specifically designed for older

Barriers and facilitators to social participation in older adults: a systematic literature review

BG Townsend, JTH Chen, VM Wuthrich - Clinical gerontologist, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… a person’s motivation and ability to participate within their own context. Narrowly addressing
single barriers is likely to limit the effectiveness of healthy aging … , age-friendly environments

Urban green spaces for the social interaction, health and well-being of older people—An integrated view of urban ecosystem services and socio-environmental justice

F Enssle, N Kabisch - Environmental science & policy, 2020 - Elsevier
… In the context of older people in urban areas where there already exist barriers such as lower
participation among older people and migrants in public participation, planning and politics …

Age-friendly cities in the Netherlands: An explorative study of facilitators and hindrances in the built environment and ageism in design

J Van Hoof, J Dikken, SC Buttiġieġ… - … Built Environment, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… (e to h) show scenes of the outdoor area with benches and numerous older people walking
… Modern technologies may pose barriers to older people’s participation in daily life as noted …

How to design comfortable open spaces for the elderly? Implications of their thermal perceptions in an urban park

X Ma, Y Tian, M Du, B Hong, B Lin - Science of The Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
… large city, it is one of 10 hottest cities in China in the summer (Mi et al., 2020). Residents seek
comfortable outdoor environments in all seasons, emphasizing the need for outdoor space …

Designing parks for older adults: A qualitative study using walk-along interviews

J Veitch, E Flowers, K Ball, B Deforche… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
… perceived barriers to spending time outdoors among older … the number of outdoor physical
activity barriers was highest … and insecurities regarding the outdoor environment. Additionally, …

Challenges and opportunity in mobility among older adults–key determinant identification

P Maresova, O Krejcar, R Maskuriy, NAA Bakar… - BMC geriatrics, 2023 - Springer
… governments to develop strategies for creating age-friendly environments and living spaces.
older people. Finding ways to encourage community-dwelling older people to go outdoors

[HTML][HTML] Ten questions concerning age-friendly cities and communities and the built environment

J Van Hoof, HR Marston, JK Kazak, T Buffel - Building and environment, 2021 - Elsevier
… It leads us to an overview of what we believe constitutes an age-friendly outdoor space. …
can be barriers that prevent older people from using green spaces. Such barriers include poor …

Inclusive parks across ages: Multifunction and urban open space management for children, adolescents, and the elderly

EP Sundevall, M Jansson - International journal of environmental …, 2020 - mdpi.com
… In order to create a more inclusive public outdoor environment, all societal groups must
perceive the environment as welcoming and have the opportunity to use UOS based on their …