“…According to Lawton, the less able the individual is, the greater the impact the built environment has on their behaviour (Lawton, 1974as cited in Campbell & Campbell, 2017. It was found that third place characteristics are more liked spaces and thus more used (Campbell &Campbell, 2017), resulting in more interactions both with the community and other residents. These interactions allow for people of different ages to interact (Alidoust et al 2014Hickman 2013;Lawson 2004;Matthews et al 2000;Rosenbaum et al 2007 as cited in Alidoust & Bosman, 2019), an enhanced social life, an escape from their normal lives (Urbanski, 2018), more opportunities to meet new people (Alidoust & Bosman, 2019), a sense of community (Oldenburg, 1999as cited in Campbell, 2017 and opportunities to keep in touch with others (Oldenburg 1997 as cited in Alidoust & Bosman, 2019).…”