TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating age-friendly cities
T2 - prioritizing interventions with Q-methodology
AU - Atkins, Mariana T.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
N2 - Over the past two decades, the age-friendly city (AFC) movement has emerged as a policy response to rapid population ageing and urbanization. Although AFCs have been conceptualized in different ways, there is a consensus that an interconnected physical and social environment is critical for creating age-friendly communities. To date, however, there has been limited investigation of the comparative importance of these elements within cities. Using Q-methodology, this study examines how key stakeholders prioritize age-friendly interventions seen through a case study of metropolitan Perth, Australia. Based on the World Health Organization's age-friendly cities guide, a new conceptual framework is presented that categorizes AFC interventions by elements (physical and social) and scale (community and targeted). Q-factor analysis revealed a number of distinct viewpoints that highlight the importance of a life course perspective along with spatial and social planning for the creation of age-friendly communities.
AB - Over the past two decades, the age-friendly city (AFC) movement has emerged as a policy response to rapid population ageing and urbanization. Although AFCs have been conceptualized in different ways, there is a consensus that an interconnected physical and social environment is critical for creating age-friendly communities. To date, however, there has been limited investigation of the comparative importance of these elements within cities. Using Q-methodology, this study examines how key stakeholders prioritize age-friendly interventions seen through a case study of metropolitan Perth, Australia. Based on the World Health Organization's age-friendly cities guide, a new conceptual framework is presented that categorizes AFC interventions by elements (physical and social) and scale (community and targeted). Q-factor analysis revealed a number of distinct viewpoints that highlight the importance of a life course perspective along with spatial and social planning for the creation of age-friendly communities.
KW - age-friendly cities
KW - Ageing
KW - Q-methodology
KW - social planning
KW - urban planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065034891&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13563475.2019.1608164
DO - 10.1080/13563475.2019.1608164
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85065034891
SN - 1356-3475
VL - 25
SP - 303
EP - 319
JO - International Planning Studies
JF - International Planning Studies
IS - 4
ER -