Right to the city and community facility planning for elderly: The case of urban renewal district in Hong Kong

Wang, Siqiang; Esther, Hiu Kwan Yung; Yu, Yifan; Tsou, Jin Yeu

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.105978

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“…The spatial analysis aimed to characterize the spatial distribution of community facilities in the neighborhood. Two variables were calculated using this method: the number of different types of community facilities in the neighborhood and the ratio of older residents per community facility in the neighborhood, which is defined as the number of older people per community facility [ 32 ]. This unit matches the Hong Kong Planning Standards and Guidelines, and a higher ratio of residents to facility usually indicates insufficient provision.…”

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“…The proportion of people aged 65+ in Hong Kong was approximately 18% in 2019 and is projected to increase to 35% in 2069 [ 31 ]. A large number of Hong Kong older adults live in urban old districts due to financial constraints or the need to maintain their social network [ 32 ]. These districts usually have an insufficient provision of community facilities.…”

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Older People’s Usage Pattern, Satisfaction with Community Facility and Well-Being in Urban Old Districts

Wang

Yung

Cerin

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Community facilities are an important element that supports older people’s daily life and promotes their well-being. However, there is a dearth of comprehensive studies on the effect of planning and design of different types of community facilities on older people’s usage patterns and satisfaction. This study aims to provide a framework to explore the relationship among the planning of community facilities, older people’s usage and satisfaction level and well-being for different types of community facilities. Both spatial analysis and questionnaire survey (n = 497) methods are employed in this study. This study finds that commercial (89.34%), municipal (83.10%) and leisure (88.13%) facilities are most commonly used by older people. This study suggests that older people’s frequency of visiting community facilities is mainly affected by the purpose of visiting a community facility. Planning and design quality of the community facility are found to be significantly associated with older people’s satisfaction level with using a community facility. In addition, older people’s higher satisfaction level and usage level of community facilities could increase their physical and psychological well-being. The findings of this study not only contribute to the knowledge gap of older people’s usage and satisfaction with using community facilities but also suggest that planners should aim toward a better distribution of community facilities to improve older adults’ well-being.

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Older People’s Usage Pattern, Satisfaction with Community Facility and Well-Being in Urban Old Districts

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“…Urban land use refers to city land structure modifications, including housing, business, industry, recreation, culture, health, transportation, instruction, parks, and other purposes (Cheng & Wang, 2021). Land use change refers to the conversion of natural and agricultural land into built-up land, deforestation, and the conversion of natural land into agricultural land (Wang et al, 2022b). Urban sustainability, in particular, and sustainability, in general, have now become universal issues (Liu et al, 2022).…”

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Emphasizing Access to Health and Treatment Services in Order to Identify the Key Factors Influencing an Age-Friendly City

Komasi,

Hashemkhani Zolfani,

Antuchevičienė

2023

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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One of the most important goals of urban management is to provide comfort and well-being for all citizens. According to the population trend of the world, a massive segment of the future population will be the elderly. Therefore, it is crucial to pay attention to the needs of this segment of society. In this regard, the concept of an age-friendly city that provides a favorable urban environment for the elderly has entered the world’s scientific literature. Because one of the essential land utilization that the elderly have a lot of connection with is health-therapeutic use, the current research has been carried out to evaluate the current health-treatment situation of Songhor city in terms of its usefulness for the elderly. In the second step, the most important drivers influencing the location of these uses have been identified from the perspective of related experts. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical in terms of research method. The required data has been collected using library-documentary studies, field surveys, and the distribution of questionnaires from related experts. According to the study’s findings, more than 60% of treatment facilities in Songhor city are inaccessible to the elderly. This difficulty varies by therapeutic use; in some cases, it is less difficult than the average, while in others, it is more difficult. In addition, three factors–investment cost (V3), rivalry (V10), and population density (V8)–have been identified as the age-friendly city’s main drivers out of a total of 18 main variables. The study’s findings indicate that the global population is aging, and urban managers and officials should design urban environments following the requirements of the projected population by putting forth medium- and long-term plans.

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“…According to the Guidelines for Use, multiple indices in one aspect from its core index system can be selected-either vertically, horizontally, or freely across the entire index framework-to further form an entire evaluation index system [7]. Subsequent practical studies, carried out in many countries and regions [8][9][10][11][12], have shown that the focuses of the built environment for an elderly friendly city include the public environment, outdoor activity spaces, medical facilities, elderly care service facilities [13], public transport facilities [14,15], elderly housing, community elderly care service facilities [16], and the aging adaptation of related facilities.…”

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A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Friendliness of Urban Facilities for the Elderly in Taipei City and New Taipei City

Yang,

Chang,

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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To address the topic of building age-friendly cities that better meet the needs of the elderly in a sustainable-city-oriented manner, this paper focuses on the interaction between the needs of the elderly and urban facilities in the urban built environment in order to propose a comprehensive evaluation method regarding the friendliness of urban facilities with respect to the elderly in large urban areas. The development of the proposed method was guided by the distribution characteristics of the elderly population and combines a spatial measurement evaluation, which is based on the spatial distribution characteristics of urban facilities for the elderly, and a post-use measurement evaluation, which is based on the characteristics of use by the elderly. Taipei City and New Taipei City are then taken as examples for evaluation. From the final evaluation results of the Boston four-quadrant analysis, the areas with higher spatial and post-use metric evaluation values were defined as areas of high concern, while those with lower spatial and higher post-use metric evaluation values were defined as advantage-maintained areas. These two types of areas accounted for about 58% of the total area, and are distributed in the Taipei urban area and northeast New Taipei City. The areas with higher spatial and lower post-use metric evaluation values were defined as priority improvement areas, while those with lower spatial and post-use metric evaluation values were defined as key complement areas. These two types of area accounted for about 42%, and are mainly distributed in the northwest part of Taipei City, as well as the western and southern mountainous areas of New Taipei City. Accordingly, region-specific planning policy recommendations were provided.

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Right to the city and community facility planning for elderly: The case of urban renewal district in Hong Kong

Cited by 29 publications

References 53 publications

Older People’s Usage Pattern, Satisfaction with Community Facility and Well-Being in Urban Old Districts

Older People’s Usage Pattern, Satisfaction with Community Facility and Well-Being in Urban Old Districts

Emphasizing Access to Health and Treatment Services in Order to Identify the Key Factors Influencing an Age-Friendly City

A Comprehensive Evaluation of the Friendliness of Urban Facilities for the Elderly in Taipei City and New Taipei City

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