Urban Planning
Apartments for Life: A Dutch Senior Housing Innovation
In the Netherlands, Apartments for Life are available to individuals over the age of 55, and residents typically enter these apartments while still independent. What makes these residences unique is that when individuals require assisted living or nursing care, such care is brought to them.
2014
Developing Adaptable Housing for the Elderly, Also a Path to Sustainability
This article looks at why we must think about architecture and urban planning in terms of adaptability for the aging.
2013
Specs and the city: planning for an ageing urban population
Creating communities that meet the needs and aspirations of older people is now a major concern for social and public policy. Involving older people in the social and economic life of cities will be a crucial task for urban development in the years ahead.
2012
Understanding housing and location choices of retiring Australians in the ‘baby boom’ generation
This scoping review provides a brief literature review with the aim of helping build a better understanding of how the choices, constraints, behaviours and expectations of the ‘baby boom’ generation influence their decisions and outcomes regarding housing and location. Research recommendations for further consideration are also mapped out.
2012
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The Need For Planning In An Aging Society
Practicing planners frequently work with key community stakeholders as they draft community plans-whether developers, home builders, pedestrian and bicycle advocates, or environmentalists.
2007
Planning for the Majority: The Needs and Aspirations of Older People in General Housing
The ageing of our society presents a range of challenges to housing providers.
2002
Planning and an Aging Population
Planning for all age groups is an inviolable principle; in practice, however, planners have been unduly preoccupied with certain age groups. Like the post-war housing boom, the approach to community development and planning has been child- or family-centered.
1961
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Homeless at home? Analysing the housing needs and insecurities of single, older, non-homeowning women
While it remains a relatively invisible issue in Australia, evidence is mounting that single, older women are increasingly at risk of housing insecurity and homelessness. This research looks at women’s housing preferences and aims to understand what makes them vulnerable to housing insecurity.
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"There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort."