How Age-Friendly Are Cities? Measuring Age-Frendliness with a
Composite Index

C 2017

How Age-Friendly Are Cities? Measuring Age-Frendliness with a Composite Index

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie

Basic information

Original name

How Age-Friendly Are Cities? Measuring Age-Frendliness with a Composite Index

Authors

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Hershey, PA, USA, Emerging Trends in the Development and Application of Composite Indicators, p. 277-297, 21 pp. Advances in Data Mining and Database Management (ADMDM), 2017

Publisher

IGI Global

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50401 Sociology

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/17:00094552

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-1-5225-0714-7

Keywords in English

age-friendliness; composite indicator; ageing; Older People; Cities; Environment; World Health Organization; Quality of Life; Outdoor Spaces; Transportation; Greenery; Methodology; Index; Research Methods

Abstract

V originále

The chapter introduces the Age Friendly City Index as a way of measuring the age-friendliness of urban environments. The proposed index assesses the dimensions of outdoor spaces and transportation as they are perceived and evaluated by older people, residents of the fourteen biggest towns in the Czech Republic. The dimensions and items included in the index are constructed upon the theoretical framework proposed by the World Health Organisation Global Age-Friendly Cities Project. Correlation coefficients show that the index is connected to other indicators of quality of life. Validation of the results of the index is based on experimental open-ended question analysis. The resulting categories confirm the importance of greenery and aesthetics for the age-friendly concept, and confirm the rankings of cities obtained via the composite index. In addition, comparison with similar measures tested in Canada and Hong Kong are discussed, and the necessity of backing up index measures with policy analysis and general structural support is argued for.

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

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VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie. How Age-Friendly Are Cities? Measuring Age-Frendliness with a Composite Index. In Jeremic, V., Radojicic, Z., Dobrota, M. Emerging Trends in the Development and Application of Composite Indicators. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global, 2017, p. 277-297. Advances in Data Mining and Database Management (ADMDM). ISBN 978-1-5225-0714-7.

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VIDOVI$\backslash$'COVÁ, Lucie. How Age-Friendly Are Cities? Measuring Age-Frendliness with a Composite Index. In Jeremic, V., Radojicic, Z., Dobrota, M. \textit{Emerging Trends in the Development and Application of Composite Indicators}. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global, 2017, p.~277-297. Advances in Data Mining and Database Management (ADMDM). ISBN~978-1-5225-0714-7.

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