2017
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-017-1680-7
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A Global Pilot Study of Age-Friendly City Indicators

Abstract: This study evaluated the process by which core indicators of Age-friendly Cities were measured in diverse contexts worldwide. The indicators were developed through research and international expert consultation, and piloted in 15 communities from 12 countries in 2014-2015. Pilot sites attempted to measure all indicators, covering the physical and social environment, quality of life and equity, using locally available data. As a result, the majority of pilot sites reported data for each indicator using one of t… Show more

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“…In terms of temporal stability, the scores for all the retained items in the different scales and subscales indicated a level of good to excellent stability [43]. The results for the temporal stability of the current scales corresponded to the reliability results of the agefriendly public spaces of WHO checklist and livable communities [6,44].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 59%
“…In terms of temporal stability, the scores for all the retained items in the different scales and subscales indicated a level of good to excellent stability [43]. The results for the temporal stability of the current scales corresponded to the reliability results of the agefriendly public spaces of WHO checklist and livable communities [6,44].…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 59%
“…In more recent years, the ability to measure age-friendliness across diverse international contexts has also become an important consideration within the age-friendly movement [ 8 , 14 ]. In 2015, the WHO Kobe Centre developed [ 15 ] a set of core indicators for age-friendliness to support cities that are part of the WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities [ 1 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In 2018, the WHO Regional Office for Europe synthesized the existing international approach into seven sets of tools to measure and communicate the assessment and monitoring of age-friendly initiatives in Europe [ 8 ]. However, there is concern that many of the suggested indicators and measures for the assessment and monitoring of AFC are subjective in nature [ 14 , 17 ] or survey based [ 12 ]. These existing approaches are expensive to administer at the community level and beyond the budgets of many local governments who ultimately have the responsibility for local area planning.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The 15 pilot sites globally spanned a wide spectrum of geographical, socio-cultural, linguistic, and ageing-related contexts and included: La Plata, Argentina; Banyule, Australia; Hong Kong, China; Shanghai, China; Dijon, France; New Delhi, India; Tehran, Iran; Udine, Italy; Nairobi, Kenya; Tuymazy, Russia; Bilbao, Spain; Bowdoinham, USA; Washington, DC, USA; New Haven, USA; and Fishguard-and-Goodwick, UK. An evaluation of the global pilot study has been published elsewhere [ 26 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%