Integrating Green Infrastructure with Accessible Design to Reduce Heat Stress on Seniors

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Matthews, Tony
Baldwin, Claudia
Boulton, Chris
Tavares, Silvia
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2021
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With an increasingly ageing population, vulnerable to effects of a warming climate, it is critical that planners better understand how to minimise heat stress in urban environments. This Interface article discusses the potential of green infrastructure to moderate temperatures and improve thermal comfort for ageing populations. We highlight the need to integrate planning for green infrastructure with accessible design to improve opportunities for seniors to remain physically and socially active. We illustrate how our current research in Queensland, Australia integrates green infrastructure and accessibility as key concepts in a decision-making tool for auditing aged care facilities.

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Planning Theory & Practice

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22

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3

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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Planning Theory & Practice, 22 (3), pp. 474-480, 23 Sep 2021, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2021.1930423

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Urban and regional planning

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Scott, M, Integrating Green Infrastructure with Accessible Design to Reduce Heat Stress on Seniors, Planning Theory & Practice, 2021, 22 (3), pp. 474-480

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