Department of Urban Planning & Environment,Sweden
*Corresponding author: Tigran Haas, Department of Urban Planning & Environment, Sweden
“Age is one of the factors that transforms how we relate to the world around us. The reasons are partly linked to physical or to emotional changes that we experience while ageing but also the failure of well-designed spaces to respond to our needs”-Shaping Ageing Cities, ARUP
Submission: September 04, 2020;Published: September 14, 2020
ISSN 2578-0093Volume 6 Issue 2
This reflective research piece points to the need for real research on the issue of the elderly thus a need to be included in and become part of contemporary urban planning and development.Paper points to the need for more knowledge about the issues (the design and structure of public spaces, level design, location of homes in relation to commerce, service, public transport etc.) as well as the planning processes (participation/user involvement, cooperation between actors, internal municipal cooperation, etc.). Although written in a Swedish context the paper’s idea are globally grounded. It comes out of a five-year research on Ageing Society in Europe and US. One of the findings point to the fact and need that planners and architects have to become better at understanding the desires and preferences of various groups of elderly people, and those working in the healthcare services need to be involved more in the design and planning processes than ever before. Lastly all ideas have equal standing in these issues, so all designs and suggestions that work in that matter.
Keywords:Ageing society; Elderly questions; Housing; Intragenerational dwelling; Cooperatives; Urban planning and design; WHO; Senior city; Inclusive and universal design