Add to ORKGUsing the data collected by interviewing more than 80 older persons, and drawing on the WHO healthy setting paradigm the paper explores the potential of the tripartite theoretical framework of Aaron Antonovsky's "Salutogenic" model of health and wellbeing and Sense of Coherence, to address the urban design of local high streets in UK to make them more age-friendly and supportive for 'ageing in place"
This capstone project presents a critical synthesis of recent literature (2000-2013) related to agin...
Mobility is a key aspect of active ageing enabling participation and autonomy into later life. Remai...
The world’s population is aging quickly, yet the social environment and most local infrastructure ar...
In the design of the public urban realm older people have been usually considered a vulnerable group...
In the design of the public urban realm older people have been often considered a vulnerable group a...
The paper provides a novel look at the links between salutogenesis, health promotion and urban desig...
Over the next twenty years, the number of Australians over the age of 65 is expected to double. Curr...
Faced with the inevitable aging of the population, many countries are articulating programs to promo...
In the UK local high streets have traditionally been at the core of everyday life in towns and citie...
Based on preliminary findings of a research on three local town centres in Edinburgh, the article ar...
This paper focuses on the planning of New Towns in the UK in order to explore what the design and pl...
Mobility is a key aspect of active ageing enabling participation and autonomy into later life. Remai...
For many older people, ageing in place in a familiar environment is beneficial for their well-bein...
Background The burden of ill-health due to inactivity has recently been highlighted. Better studies ...
The first lecture sets out a theoretical framework linking place theory, and urban design theories w...
This capstone project presents a critical synthesis of recent literature (2000-2013) related to agin...
Mobility is a key aspect of active ageing enabling participation and autonomy into later life. Remai...
The world’s population is aging quickly, yet the social environment and most local infrastructure ar...
In the design of the public urban realm older people have been usually considered a vulnerable group...
In the design of the public urban realm older people have been often considered a vulnerable group a...
The paper provides a novel look at the links between salutogenesis, health promotion and urban desig...
Over the next twenty years, the number of Australians over the age of 65 is expected to double. Curr...
Faced with the inevitable aging of the population, many countries are articulating programs to promo...
In the UK local high streets have traditionally been at the core of everyday life in towns and citie...
Based on preliminary findings of a research on three local town centres in Edinburgh, the article ar...
This paper focuses on the planning of New Towns in the UK in order to explore what the design and pl...
Mobility is a key aspect of active ageing enabling participation and autonomy into later life. Remai...
For many older people, ageing in place in a familiar environment is beneficial for their well-bein...
Background The burden of ill-health due to inactivity has recently been highlighted. Better studies ...
The first lecture sets out a theoretical framework linking place theory, and urban design theories w...
This capstone project presents a critical synthesis of recent literature (2000-2013) related to agin...
Mobility is a key aspect of active ageing enabling participation and autonomy into later life. Remai...
The world’s population is aging quickly, yet the social environment and most local infrastructure ar...