Older adults car users and pedestrians in urban environment:
subjective perceptions	and satisfaction in relation to quality
of life

k 2013

Older adults car users and pedestrians in urban environment: subjective perceptions and satisfaction in relation to quality of life

VIDOVICOVÁ, Lucie and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Older adults car users and pedestrians in urban environment: subjective perceptions and satisfaction in relation to quality of life

Authors

VIDOVICOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Mobility & Road Safety in an Ageing Society, International Congress 19-20 June 2013, Palais Ferstel Vienna, 2013

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50000 5. Social Sciences

Country of publisher

Austria

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/13:00066212

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

older adults; quality of life; outdoor mobility; environemental gerontology

Abstract

V originále

The paper presented is based on the results of the project “Ageing in the environment: regeneration, gentrification and social exclusion as new issues in environmental gerontology” carried out in 2010 – 2012 in 14 biggest cities in the Czech Republic (survey N = 1921; project presentation at http://starnuti.fss.muni.cz). The project brought answers to research questions on how seniors residing in urban centres interpret the urban environment, contemporary urban processes, and ageing and old age, and how they maintain control over their situation given their state of health, their physical performance, their financial resources, and the specific spatial resources of urban neighbourhoods. In our paper we will look more closely on the issue of mobility in higher age in urban environment, and more specifically on older drivers. In the presentation we describe the basic characteristics of older drivers and ask the question what role has the driving ability on different aspects of the quality of life in higher age in the context of big Czech cities. Our results confirm previous studies showing great gender and educational inequalities both in having a driver’s license and continuation of driving into higher age. Therefore we further test the influence of (non)driving on general well being and intensity of activities, as well as on more environmental indicators such as place attachment. In addition, an overview of the most significant environmental barriers encountered in pedestrian areas will be presented. We use the concept of active ageing for theoretical framing of our closing discussion. What is the effect of changing external environment on the aging experience?

Links

GAP404/10/1555, research and development project

Name: Stáří v prostoru: regenerace, gentrifikace a sociální exkluze jako nové problémy environmentální gerontologie

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

VIDOVICOVÁ, Lucie and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ. Older adults car users and pedestrians in urban environment: subjective perceptions and satisfaction in relation to quality of life. In Mobility & Road Safety in an Ageing Society, International Congress 19-20 June 2013, Palais Ferstel Vienna. 2013.

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VIDOVICOVÁ, Lucie and Marcela PETROVÁ KAFKOVÁ. Older adults car users and pedestrians in urban environment: subjective perceptions and satisfaction in relation to quality of life. In \textit{Mobility \&{} Road Safety in an Ageing Society, International Congress 19-20 June 2013, Palais Ferstel Vienna}. 2013.

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