The use of amenities in high density neighbourhoods by older urban Australian residents

Vine, Desley; Buys, Laurie; Aird, Rosemary

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.013

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“…This may restrict access to amenities for many older adults who remain in these neighborhoods. Close destinations may be important for combining walking into daily activities and for decreasing social isolation for older adults (Michael et al, 2006; Vine, Buys, & Aird, 2012). Conversely, increases in percent over 65 were associated with increases in all built environment measures.…”

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How much are built environments changing, and where?: Patterns of change by neighborhood sociodemographic characteristics across seven U.S. metropolitan areas

Hirsch

Grengs

Schulz

et al. 2016

Social Science & Medicine

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Investments in neighborhood built environments could increase physical activity and overall health. Disproportionate distribution of these changes in advantaged neighborhoods could inflate health disparities. Little information exists on where changes are occurring. This paper aims to 1) identify changes in the built environment in neighborhoods and 2) investigate associations between high levels of change and sociodemographic characteristics. Using Geographic Information Systems, neighborhood land-use, local destinations (for walking, social engagement, and physical activity), and sociodemographics were characterized in 2000 and 2010 for seven U.S. cities. Linear and change on change models estimated associations of built environment changes with baseline (2000) and change (2010–2000) in sociodemographics. Spatial patterns were assessed using Global Moran’s I to measure overall clustering of change and Local Moran’s I to identify statistically significant clusters of high increases surrounded by high increases (HH). Sociodemographic characteristics were compared between HH cluster and other tracts using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). We observed small land-use changes but increases in the destination types. Greater increases in destinations were associated with higher percentage non-Hispanic whites, percentage households with no vehicle, and median household income. Associations were present for both baseline sociodemographics and changes over time. Greater increases in destinations were associated with lower baseline percentage over 65 but higher increases in percentage over 65 between 2000 and 2010. Global Moran’s indicated changes were spatially clustered. HH cluster tracts started with a higher percentage non-Hispanic whites and higher percentage of households without vehicles. Between 2000 and 2010, HH cluster tracts experienced increases in percent non-Hispanic white, greater increases in median household income, and larger decreases in percent of households without a vehicle. Changes in the built environment are occurring in neighborhoods across a diverse set of U.S. metropolitan areas, but are patterned such that they may lead to increased health disparities over time.

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How much are built environments changing, and where?: Patterns of change by neighborhood sociodemographic characteristics across seven U.S. metropolitan areas

Hirsch

Grengs

Schulz

et al. 2016

Social Science & Medicine

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“…• More research should be done with people using specific types of mobility assistive technology in order to design neighbourhoods that will support their mobility and social participation. Mobility is a prerequisite to carry out daily activities and to participate in society (Brandt, Iwarsson, and Ståhle 2004;Latham et al 2009;Lord and Luxembourg 2006;Vine, Buys, and Aird 2012). Therefore, mobility disability can greatly impact one's level of functioning and independence.…”

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“…Multiple environmental factors influence the mobility and social participation of people with various types of disability (Hammel et al 2015;Hanson et al 2013;Rosso, Auchincloss, and (Latham et al 2009;Lord and Luxembourg 2006;Vine, Buys, and Aird 2012). Social participation is defined as performing everyday activities and being part of the life of the community (Baum 2011;Chang, Coster, and Helfrich 2013;Levasseur et al 2010).…”

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The role of neighborhood physical environment on mobility and social participation among people using mobility assistive technology

Bigonnesse

Mahmood

Chaudhury

et al. 2018

Disability & Society

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This paper presents a systematic literature review on the impact of the neighborhood physical environment on mobility and social participation among people using mobility assistive technology (MAT). Peer-reviewed articles from eight databases published in French or English from 1990 to 2016 were searched. Thirty studies were included in this review. Factors related to neighborhood environmental features, mobility in transit, and accessibility of homes and public buildings influenced mobility and social participation of MAT users. The majority of reviewed studies combined different types of MAT, which made the interpretation of the results challenging. Few studies included walker, cane, and crutch users. Definitions of mobility and social participation lacked consistency and were often simplistic. Future empirical research needs to examine the impact of neighborhood physical environment factors separately for different MAT users. Causality and links between mobility and social participation of different MAT users at the neighborhood level should be further explored.

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“…The proximity of, and access to, such local facilities has a potential impact on the use that elderly residents make of their neighborhood, as it links to their overall emotional, social and physical well-being; reliance on motorized vehicles to access local services reduces their capacity to interact within the neighborhood. Since this is linked to urban form and layout, age-friendly urban design is very important to encourage participation in neighborhood activities (Vine et al 2012). Other detailed studies show that the use in time of micro-places, transitional zones and "third places" in neighborhoods is very important to encourage the social life of older residents (Gardner 2011).…”

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Urban Design and Quality of Life

Rómice

Thwaites

Porta

et al. 2016

Handbook of Environmental Psychology and Quality of Life Research

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This chapter deals with those aspects of the design of cities that have been shown to affect quality of life. Whilst direct causal relationships between physical space and well-being are often difficult to establish, physical space certainly does play a significant part in shaping the way we engage with it, informing the individual and collective sense of attachment to our own environment; this will become increasingly important, with the urbanization process predicted to grow, a significant part of which in conditions of informality. The aim of this chapter is to gather relevant and recent research that highlights advances in the study of the reciprocal effect between urban form and urban life and use this to compile an agenda for future thinking, research and practice in the field of socially sustainable urban design.The thrust of this agenda is centered on the concept of control. Since urbanization is an ongoing phenomenon and life in cities is now the norm for the vast majority of people, the traditional role of design needs to be reconsidered to give way to more collaborative and flexible forms of conceptualization, creation, occupation and management of space. This is important in order to relieve pressure on land and institutions, and instill an overall proactive and reciprocal attitude towards space itself, and space as a form of collective and social life.The chapter will highlight that urban quality of life rests on four core themes of: material well-being; emotional and personal development; interpersonal relationships; and physical well-being. These themes provide an organizational framework for exploration of how they are manifest at the metropolitan, neighbourhood and pedestrian levels of scale. KeywordsCities, urban form, control, urban design, quality of life, metropolitan scale, neighbourhood scale, pedestrian scale. Email author OutlineFrom an overview on recent trends in urbanization, we will introduce the notion of control as a key to read the following text and in particular we will: 1. contextualize the concept of control in relation to the fields of both quality of life (QoL) and urban form. In fact, the literature in both domains shows that there is a mutually reciprocal relationship between aspects of quality of life and urban spatial structure; 2. review established and recent research on the relationships between QoL and urban form, structured around metropolitan, neighborhood and pedestrian scales, which illustrates the centrality of control in shaping our cities and allowing quality of life to be fulfilled within them; 3. propose a conceptual framework for socio-spatial urban design, which is sensitive to the relative importance of predictive/structural and loose/flexible urban elements in the production and management of urban space, and their critical role in affording their users a sense of control; 4. suggest the need for a reconceptualization of city form away from an assemblage of material and spatial elements towards a more integrated sense of a city as a mutually d...

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The use of amenities in high density neighbourhoods by older urban Australian residents

Cited by 34 publications

References 46 publications

How much are built environments changing, and where?: Patterns of change by neighborhood sociodemographic characteristics across seven U.S. metropolitan areas

How much are built environments changing, and where?: Patterns of change by neighborhood sociodemographic characteristics across seven U.S. metropolitan areas

The role of neighborhood physical environment on mobility and social participation among people using mobility assistive technology

Urban Design and Quality of Life

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