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Evaluating Socio-economic Impact of Age-Friendly Environments

Mireia Ferri SanzJorge Garcés FerrerRodd BondWilleke Van StaalduinenMenno Hinkema

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Ex-antePublic economics2015 UrbanisationDemographic changeBuildings and InfrastructuresAge friendlySocio economic impactValue (economics)Environmental impact assessmentBusinessArchitecture and Building

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) (2007), physical and social environments are key determinants of whether people can remain healthy, independent and autonomous. Health and well-being are not only determined by our personal characteristics but also by the envi-ronment where we were born and where we live throughout our life (WHO 2015). In fact, promoting age-friendly environments (AFE) is the most effective approach for responding to demographic change because they empower elderly people to age in better health, they pro-mote their social inclusion and active participation, and they help them to live autonomously into old age (Parent 2012). AFE foster health, well-being and the participation of people as they age; AFE are accessible, equitable, inclusive, safe, secure and supportive; and they provide services centred on people and support citizens to enable recovery or to compen-sate the loss of function so that people can continue to do things that are important to them (WHO 2015).

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2018-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6017-5_7