Smart City Tools to Evaluate Age-Healthy Environments

Lebrusán, Irene; Toutouh, Jamal

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-69136-3_20

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“…Madrid is the capital and biggest city of Spain (3,286,662 inhabitants in 2022), and therefore the one with the largest number of elderly people: 666,599 people are over 65 years old. The city has 21 districts which are further subdivided into 131 neighbourhoods, and are very different in terms of wealth and quality of life, but also from an urban perspective and in terms of social infrastructure, availability of green areas, urban fitment for old age or even pollution [ 5 , 68 ].…”

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“…Big cities are often characterised by problems such as the absence of green spaces and pollution, which will have an even more negative effect during old age, when the influence of the environment on well-being is greater. In fact, the elderly are more prone to suffer from urban contamination (NO 2 ), lack of public space and noise pollution that increases vulnerability due to slower mental processing and sensory changes that take place in the ageing process (see a deeper analysis in [ 68 , 69 ]). Figure 1 shows a summary of the aspects that hinder the healthy development of the elderly in urban areas.…”

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The Importance of Place Attachment in the Understanding of Ageing in Place: “The Stones Know Me”

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Gomez

2022

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As academic literature has shown, there is a preference among older adults to experience old age independently, in their own homes, giving shape to what has been called ageing in place. This phenomenon links residence, life cycle, and the experience of old age. Although it depends on many factors (housing characteristics, the elderly’s economy, or their social support, among others) it is based on place attachment as a key aspect, which comprises two different but interwoven dimensions: the home (private space) and the neighbourhood (social space), understood as an extended sphere of the home. Despite its importance, and beyond the consensus that the time spent in a place increases attachment to it, the processes whereby place attachment is constructed by the elderly and the role of the experience of neighbourhood are little known. This article intended to delve into the meaning of place attachment, its importance, and how it is built by the elderly population in urban areas. For this purpose, a qualitative study was conducted in Spain, selecting Madrid (the biggest city in the country) as a case study of how place attachment is shaped in an urban setting. To obtain in-depth information, data were collected through ethnographic interviews with 37 people aged 65–95 and 1 focus group among elderly aged 65–71. The most relevant finding of the qualitative analysis is the emotional significance of attachment to the local space as an element that enables continuity—as opposed to the rupture to which we associate old age- in the experience of the life cycle of the elderly. It should be noted that some of the results are conditioned by the specificities of Spanish society, particularly with regard to family ties. Potential extrapolations to other realities should take this point into account.

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The Importance of Place Attachment in the Understanding of Ageing in Place: “The Stones Know Me”

Lebrusán

Gomez

2022

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“…The districts are territorial divisions of the municipality, equipped with decentralised management bodies to facilitate the governance of such a big city. These districts are very different from an urban perspective (as a result of different construction stages) but also in terms of wealth and quality of life [25].…”

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“…These approaches necessarily imply that cities must be prepared to respond to the needs of a growing number of older people in order to provide a good quality of life. These are requirements that, to date, Spanish cities have failed to meet [24,25].…”

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Urban Ageing, Gender and the Value of the Local Environment: The Experience of Older Women in a Central Neighbourhood of Madrid, Spain

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Lebrusán

2022

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Urban ageing is an emerging domain that mixes two challenges of current societies: the ageing of the population and the increasing urbanisation. While ageing in place has demonstrated numerous benefits, some social sectors question whether the city is the right environment for ageing, since cities are home to many of the social problems that characterise contemporary societies. Urban environments are widely described as rootless in most academic articles, with a focus on the impersonality, transience, and segmentation of links between city dwellers. However, this portrayal coexists with contrasting views of urban life that instead emphasise the importance of the local setting and other experiences of attachment to the place of residence. From the age and gender perspectives, in some urban areas, the neighbourhood plays a fundamental role in the lives of many older women, as a natural setting for interaction and an area conducive to collaborative relationships and practical and emotional support in times of need. This article analyses the role that the local space plays in the lives of older women, the value they attach to it and the meaning they attribute to neighbourhood relations in the local urban environment. In order to analyse this reality, the Universidad (Malasaña) neighbourhood, has been selected as a case study, a central area in Madrid (Spain) exposed to numerous processes of transformation, which shows the highest rate of residential mobility in the area. Despite this reality, in a context marked by new difficulties, the conclusion shows that elderly women have a strong attachment to their neighbourhood. This attachment is not necessarily characterised by deep friendships, but by the existence of a significant social network that responds in case of need.

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Using Open Data to Analyze Public Bus Service from an Age Perspective: Melilla Case

2022

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Smart City Tools to Evaluate Age-Healthy Environments

Cited by 3 publications

References 14 publications

The Importance of Place Attachment in the Understanding of Ageing in Place: “The Stones Know Me”

The Importance of Place Attachment in the Understanding of Ageing in Place: “The Stones Know Me”

Urban Ageing, Gender and the Value of the Local Environment: The Experience of Older Women in a Central Neighbourhood of Madrid, Spain

Using Open Data to Analyze Public Bus Service from an Age Perspective: Melilla Case

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