Everyday Mobility of Elderly People in Different Urban Settings: The Example of the City of Bonn, Germany

Föbker, Stefanie; Grotz, Reinhold

doi:10.1080/00420980500409292

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“…However, existing sprawled land use patterns may make such large-scale community transformation and physical infrastructure development in society not feasible. Fobker and Grotz (2006) argued that the mere existence of commercial and support facilities within walking distance does not contribute to an intense usage of them by the elderly. Robert (2002), citing there has been an increasing transference of responsibility for health and social services from the federal government to states, and the states to municipalities, argued for the development of community-based supportive environments for the elderly to cope with such transition rather than a massive physical community transformation.…”

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Intra-regional residential movement of the elderly: testing a suburban-to-urban migration hypothesis

Kim

2009

Ann Reg Sci

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The majority of the elderly and soon-to-be retired baby boomers live in suburbs in the US. This paper empirically tested an intra-regional residential movement of elderly households, which is postulated based on life course theory. Using data from the Puget Sound Transportation Panel survey in Washington State in the US, this study found that elderly households are less likely to change their residential environments than younger households upon intra-regional residential movement. This study also found that elderly households tend to move from less urbanized neighborhoods to slightly more urbanized neighborhoods, while younger households tend to move from quite urban neighborhoods to substantially less urbanized neighborhoods. JEL Classification

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Intra-regional residential movement of the elderly: testing a suburban-to-urban migration hypothesis

Kim

2009

Ann Reg Sci

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“…Generally, the elderly tend to avoid long distances or complex trips; therefore, an appropriate residential location, within reach of necessary services, may be more critical in old age than at any other time in life (Giuliano et al, 2003;Truong and Somenahalli, 2015). Urban environments with higher densities, diverse land-uses, and pedestrian-friendly streets are better poised to meet the needs of older people -especially as the importance of recreational-, social-, and shopping-related travel increases whereas the role of work-related trips declines (Chudyk et al, 2015;Cui et al, 2017;Fobker and Grotz, 2006;van den Berg et al, 2011;Van Holle et al, 2014;Winters et al, 2015).…”

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Socio-demographic and built environment determinants of car use among older adults in Iran

Soltani

Pojani

Askari

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Journal of Transport Geography

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Internationally, an age-friendly built environment, including safe, affordable, and convenient transportation, has been identified as crucial in enhancing the quality of life for increasingly large numbers of elderly people. This study presents data on the urban travel and mobility patterns of older adults in Shiraz, Iran -a country where the population is ageing faster than the average of western societies. The relationship between car use and sociodemographic and built environment variables is investigated through Ordinary Least Squares and Geographically Weighted Regression models. These models show that the main determinants of car use among older adults are: employment status; household size; car ownership rate; trip purpose; property prices; and mixed land-uses. Also, the study reveals that car dependency is significant and more pronounced among wealthier individuals, who tend to be clustered in the northern section of the city. The population density and road network design characteristics do not affect car use among older adults, while a mix of land-uses tends to attenuate car dependency. Gender gaps in car use are much wider than in the West, and some level of spatial mismatch between travel needs and car access is observed in the southern section of the city. Clearly, Iranian cities must move away from the current car-centric development model.

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“…Urban environments with physical decay are considered the most vulnerable to attracting criminals (Wilson & Kelling, 1982). Föbker and Grotz (2006) and Herzog and Kirk (2005) reported that dark pathways in parks cause fear, especially amongst women and those who are susceptible to physical attack (e.g. the elderly and disabled).…”

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Does crime in parks affect apartment prices?

Iqbal

Ceccato

2015

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This is the published version of a paper published in Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention. Citation for the original published paper (version of record):Iqbal, A., Ceccato, V A. (2015) Does crime in parks affect apartment prices?. A park is a desirable feature when people are purchasing a property. Buyers are ready to pay more for properties surrounded by natural amenities, such as a pleasant park. However, if a park is targeted by crime and disorder, then it may have a negative effect on people's appraisal. The aim of this study is to reach a better understanding of how parks and crime rates affect housing prices taking into account residential properties and parks type. Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, is used as the case study. The methodology has two stages. An extensive field work was performed in a selected number of parks to help characterize the parks in Stockholm. This information was gathered with secondary data about parks using Geographic Information System. This pre-assessment was later followed by the analysis of 2008s apartment sales using hedonic modelling to assess the effect of parks alone and in combination with crime rates. Results suggest that the effect of parks on prices vary by park type (increased with, e.g. features of cultural and national interest and decreased with ball games or boating facilities) while an aggregated measure of parks lowers overall apartment prices. More interestingly, findings show that the price of apartments tends to be discounted in areas where parks have relatively high rates of violence and vandalism. Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and

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Everyday Mobility of Elderly People in Different Urban Settings: The Example of the City of Bonn, Germany

Cited by 90 publications

References 16 publications

Intra-regional residential movement of the elderly: testing a suburban-to-urban migration hypothesis

Intra-regional residential movement of the elderly: testing a suburban-to-urban migration hypothesis

Socio-demographic and built environment determinants of car use among older adults in Iran

Does crime in parks affect apartment prices?

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