Aligning Policy, Place and Public Value: Planning Age Friendly Cities in Municipal Organizations

Keyes, Laura; Collins, Brian K.; Tao, Jie; Tiwari, Chetan

doi:10.1080/08959420.2022.2049570

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“…In the US, for example, primary attention has been focused on the physical layer, as seen in the American Planning Association Guide for Age Friendly Communities [ 26 ]. However, research on rural communities has shown that the physical layer is not enough, and more attention needs to be given to services [ 27 , 28 ], social engagement [ 29 , 30 , 31 ] and the role of local government [ 20 , 32 ]. Social engagement may be especially important in rural communities, where the built environment and services are lacking [ 33 ].…”

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Age-Friendly Cities in Latin America: A Human Ecological Framework

Guillemot

Warner

2023

Geriatrics

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Despite the demographic aging of Latin America, the uptake of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Framework remains extremely low, with the notable exceptions of Chile, Mexico and Brazil. We argue for a broader human ecological framework, which focuses on the macro, meso and micro levels, to better address the context, challenges and opportunities for age-friendly cities in the Latin American region. The WHO’s age-friendly city domains are primarily at the meso (community) scale, with a focus on built environment, services and participation. We call for more attention to be paid to the macro policy scale to address concerns regarding migration, demography and social policy context. More attention also should be given to the micro scale to recognize the critical role of family and informal care supports. It is possible that the WHO domains are the result of a design bias, with Global North settings in mind for their development. We find the domains of UNICEF’s Child-Friendly Cities Initiative, which give more attention to the realities of the Global South, helpful to broaden the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Framework.

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Age-Friendly Cities in Latin America: A Human Ecological Framework

Guillemot

Warner

2023

Geriatrics

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“…Also based in the US, the article by Keyes et al (2022) examines the process of planning age-friendly cities in municipal systems. They draw on evidence from a case study of a mapping project in San Antonio, Texas.…”

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Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Research to Strengthen Policy and Practice

Greenfield

Buffel

2022

Journal of Aging & Social Policy

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Since the early 2000s, a global age-friendly movement has emerged with aspirations to make environments and systems within localities more supportive of long and healthy lives. Despite growth in the social movement over the past decade, research on how to work toward community change, especially in systematic and comprehensive ways across diverse geopolitical and sociocultural contexts, has been relatively slower to develop. This special issue of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy aims to accelerate this area. It features articles that advance knowledge on processes and contexts toward enhancing the age-friendliness of cities and communities. In this introductory essay, we provide background on the age-friendly cities and communities movement -including its accomplishments alongside key challenges. We then discuss the importance of research at the intersection of policy and practice to strengthen the movement into the 21st century. Next, we introduce the articles in this special issue, organized under four themes: implementation and sustainability processes; partnerships and multisectoral collaboration; theory-based program design; and policy and practice diffusion. A final article provides an overview of the career contributions of Dr. Frank Caro, an age-friendly champion and gerontologist to whom this special issue is dedicated.

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“…Another body of work addresses general planning and policy-making for age-friendliness often using literature reviews or large surveys to examine what has been done or what could be proposed (Keating, Eales and Phillips 2013; Warner and Rukus 2013; American Planning Association 2014; Warner, Homsy and Morken 2017; Warner, Xu and Morken 2017; Zhang, Warner and Firestone 2019; Forsyth, Molinsky and Kan 2019; Keyes and Benavides 2019; Warner and Zhang 2021). Such work has both drawn on and contributed to debates about the wide range of approaches to age-friendliness and ideas for innovations.…”

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Making Communities Age-Friendly: Lessons From Implemented Programs

Forsyth

Lyu

2023

Journal of Planning Literature

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A growing number of programs promoted by planners and others have aimed to foster communities that support older people. Do such programs make a substantial difference? Through a scoping review of research evaluating WHO-style age-friendly community initiatives (AFCIs), we investigate what kind of outcomes such initiatives have achieved and factors facilitating or hindering them. Elements affecting implementation varied by geographies. They included external resources (e.g., government support, funding, consultants), local resources (e.g., community size, demographics, staff, infrastructure), engaged local participants (e.g., partnerships, champions, older people), and effective strategies to build support (e.g., quick wins, awareness building, cultural sensitivity).

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Aligning Policy, Place and Public Value: Planning Age Friendly Cities in Municipal Organizations

Cited by 8 publications

References 24 publications

Age-Friendly Cities in Latin America: A Human Ecological Framework

Age-Friendly Cities in Latin America: A Human Ecological Framework

Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Research to Strengthen Policy and Practice

Making Communities Age-Friendly: Lessons From Implemented Programs

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