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The Challenges of Ageing and Urbanisation in the Czech Republic for the QoL in Higher Age

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Challenges of Ageing and Urbanisation in the Czech Republic for the QoL in Higher Age

Autoři

VIDOVIĆOVÁ, Lucie (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

"Long term care, spatial planning and public policy in Central and Eastern Europe" EAST Workshop, 2016

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Vyžádané přednášky

Obor

50401 Sociology

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/16:00088604

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

quality of life; older people; urban areas; survey
Změněno: 6. 4. 2018 10:10, Mgr. Lucie Vidovićová, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

In recent decades there has been what some call a “senior friendly boom” : an increase in interest in the strategies, practices, services, products, and processes that reflect the specific needs of ageing people and which should help to increase their quality of life. The environment, a factor mediating the experience of aging and a key component of a positive approach to managing the challenges of population aging at the aggregate level, is also a prominent feature in such a list. The presentation 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. 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.

Návaznosti

GAP404/10/1555, projekt VaV
Název: Stáří v prostoru: regenerace, gentrifikace a sociální exkluze jako nové problémy environmentální gerontologie
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Stáří v prostoru: regenerace, gentrifikace a sociální exkluze jako nové problémy environmentální gerontologie