The Covid-19 pandemic from the elderly perspective in urban areas: An evaluation of urban green areas in 10 European capitals

Carpentieri, Gerardo; Guida, Carmen; Fevola, Ottavia; Sgambati, Sabrina

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“…The state of the art has shown that while there is a large body of literature focusing on mobility and needs of older adults, accessibility measures are rarely applied to drive urban planning policies [ 46 , 47 ], as also pointed out by World Health Organization (WHO) report on measuring the age-friendliness of cities (2015). The methodology has been applied to one of the most important Italian metropolitan cities, Milan, after being tested in other urban contexts [ 34 , 35 ]. This proves that accessibility-based methodology can be efficiently applied on the large urban scale to identify areas to be further developed and where to invest to limit age and, more in general, social inequalities.…”

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“…During the following years, the continuous growth of the proportion of elderly people in developed countries will increase the demand for services, especially in light of the Covid-19 outbreak and consequent vulnerability of the elderly [ 34 , 35 , 48 ]. Hence, urban services need to be appropriately designed: structures’ locations, services, the transport system supply, and the urban morphology are some of the main features influencing users’ accessibility to urban services.…”

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“…This methodology will measure accessibility to urban services for a static scenario, in order to evaluate spatial accessibility to urban services from the elderly perspective, during an ordinary working day [ 33 ]. Concerning this issue, we introduced some further variables to consider the actual mobility capital for people aged 65 and over [ 34 , 35 ]. In comparison to a first application of the methodology, we introduced variable distance decay functions to better model mobility capital of older adults, while ageing.…”

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Measuring spatial accessibility to urban services for older adults: an application to healthcare facilities in Milan

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This study proposes a Geographic Information Systems-based methodology to measure accessibility to urban services from the elderly perspective to support urban planning processes. Specifically, it seeks to understand and clarify how the urban environment can influence the quality of life for older adults, mostly through pedestrian and public transport networks, locations of essential urban services, and the organisation of their resources. In light of a significant demographic change, policymakers will have to promote age-friendly urban planning approaches to guarantee equal access to services and activities. We propose a methodology to measure accessibility to healthcare provision services that considers land-use and mobility features and older adults' behavioural traits. The method belongs to the family of 2SFCA—2 steps floating catchment area—which evaluate accessibility as the combination of both supply and demand of urban services. Therefore, we have introduced innovative elements to shape actual mobility opportunities for the elderly and their travel choices. The methodology was applied to Milan's city to measure accessibility to the Health Protection Agency (ATS) services, which is responsible for healthcare assistance to the elderly dwelling in the city. The outputs show that a significant share of older people (almost 40%) suffer from poor accessibility to primary health services and that they mostly live in the city periphery. Moreover, the application to a case study has shown that the methodology could identify the critical aspects needed to aid urban planning to achieve a high quality of life for elderly people.

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“…This confirms studies such as from Pouso (2021) and Jackson (2021), which outlined the increase of symptoms such as stress and depression particularly among young people. On the other hand, it is a surprisingly low number of negative symptoms perceived by elderly respondents as we know from other studies such as Carpentieri et al (2020) that the pandemic of course also negatively impacts the life of elderly people. Participants below forty were particularly negatively affected by the pandemic.…”

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“…Furthermore Jackson (2021) recommends being active outdoor can help bolster mental resiliency to stress, Larson (2022), Huerta (2022), Berdejo-Espinola (2020 and Birch (2020) are of the same opinion also suggesting that it also helps to improve general well-being and health. But not only the young people are affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the older generation as well suffers from mental health issues and loss of opportunities to socialize (Carpentieri et al 2020) Not only mental health problems occurred, the physical health was reduced in lack of physical exercise. Especially younger people and older people missed doing sports (Khalilnezhad et al 2021) People above 60 have different needs concerning the use of urban green areas, such as socializing, being active in a mellow way and searching for calm and shaded areas in parks (Carpentierei et al 2020).…”

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Green and Healthy —Age Effects in Use and Perception of Urban Green Spaces and their Impact on Personal Health and Well-being during COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic drew public attention back to the living conditions related to housing, access to green areas in close neighbourhood and nearby recreation. Several studies confirm that visiting green spaces improved the health and wellbeing in times of crisis. This representative study for the metropolitan area of Vienna, Austria's capital, confirms the high relevance of contact with nature, particularly for citizens to cope with the negative consequences and perceived stress, anxiety, nervousness and many other negative symptoms experienced during the health crisis. It highlights the importance of nearby smaller but also medium to large scale green areas in cities for health and wellbeing of the population. Moreover, it specifically adds novel insights on age effects in use and perception of urban green spaces during COVID-19 pandemic.The online panel survey (n=1012) was conducted in summer 2021. In order to obtain a representative sample reflective of the population's characteristics, a (stratified) random sample was selected by applying the quota method. The objective was to obtain a sample which represented gender, age and regional distribution of the population of the City of Vienna as well as the immediately surrounding local communities.Interestingly, particularly young people spent more time outside in green areas during the pandemic, discovered novel spaces for the first time and stated a high relevance of contact with nature for their wellbeing. Elderly people above sixty five, on the contrary, stayed more frequently at home. Significant differences are visible between the age groups also with regard to negative symptoms experienced in case of restricted access to green areas due to strict pandemic measures such as lockdowns and quarantine. All age groups, however, similarly acknowledged the importance of green areas for their physical, mental and emotional health in general during the pandemic.

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The Analysis of the Urban Open Spaces System for Resilient and Pleasant Historical Districts

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The Covid-19 pandemic from the elderly perspective in urban areas: An evaluation of urban green areas in 10 European capitals

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Measuring spatial accessibility to urban services for older adults: an application to healthcare facilities in Milan

Measuring spatial accessibility to urban services for older adults: an application to healthcare facilities in Milan

Green and Healthy —Age Effects in Use and Perception of Urban Green Spaces and their Impact on Personal Health and Well-being during COVID-19 Pandemic

The Analysis of the Urban Open Spaces System for Resilient and Pleasant Historical Districts

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