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  • Socially Healthy Ageing: The Importance of Third Places, Soft Edges and Walkable Neighbourhoods

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    Alidoust, Sara
    Bosman, Caryl
    Holden, Gordon
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    Bosman, Caryl J.
    Holden, Gordon
    Alidoust, Sara
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Population ageing is a complex subject with implications for public policy and urban and regional planning. A key community responsibility of population ageing is to ensure the health and wellbeing of this cohort. In this respect, planning for socially healthy ageing is a critical area requiring urgent and substantial research. This paper discusses the impacts of physical neighbourhood environments on the social life — a component of social health — of older people. The research is focused on where, in the neighbourhood, the social life of older people takes place. It investigates the role of soft edges [transition zones ...
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    Population ageing is a complex subject with implications for public policy and urban and regional planning. A key community responsibility of population ageing is to ensure the health and wellbeing of this cohort. In this respect, planning for socially healthy ageing is a critical area requiring urgent and substantial research. This paper discusses the impacts of physical neighbourhood environments on the social life — a component of social health — of older people. The research is focused on where, in the neighbourhood, the social life of older people takes place. It investigates the role of soft edges [transition zones between the private area inside the home and the public domain of the city], third places [social place that is not home or workplace] and walkable environments in the formation of different types of ties or relationships: strong, weak, and absent, among older people. Conclusions are based on data collected through observation and semi-structured interviews with 54 older people (aged 65 and over) living in three case study areas located in the city of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Findings align with much of the existing literature in that they reveal the importance of third places as meeting points. Soft edges and walkable areas are also found to be important in fostering frequent social interaction between older people.
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    Conference Title
    State of Australian Cities Conference 2015: Refereed Proceedings
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    http://soacconference.com.au/soac-conference-proceedings/
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    © The Author(s) 2015. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference’s website or contact the author[s].
    Subject
    Urban Design
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/339867
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