Walking with Older Adults

Yuen, Belinda; Kong, Penny

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92444-1_5

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“…Ethnographic go-along interviewing of the less mobile perceived threat to local social norms may extend to encounters in an informal urban setting. Our results contrast with those ofYuen and Kong (2019), who conducted a goalong study of older adults in Singapore in which mostly positive pull factors (e.g., social…”

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Sociospatial reframing of walking through inclusive streets and urban heritage

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Sociospatial reframing of walking through inclusive streets and urban heritage

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“…For measuring attractiveness, we used ‘park and conservation’ data (Table 2), and similar to a previous study [65], we considered the presence or absence of specific features in neighbourhood green spaces. Six features of attractiveness, which are important for older adults, were taken into account: café [32], lake or reservoir [32], toilet [32], wildlife [66], woodland [67], and farm or conservation park [66,68]. Data on the presence of lakes were cross-referenced with Google Earth images.…”

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Older Adults’ Outdoor Walking and Inequalities in Neighbourhood Green Spaces Characteristics

Zandieh

Martínez

Flacke

2019

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Outdoor walking has considerable benefits for healthy ageing and older adults are recommended to walk regularly. However, older adults living in high-deprivation areas walk less than those living in low-deprivation areas. Previous research has shown that the characteristics of neighbourhood green spaces (i.e., proximity, attractiveness, size, and number) may influence outdoor walking. This study examines spatial inequalities in the characteristics of neighbourhood green spaces in high- versus low-deprivation areas and their possible influences on disparities in older adults’ outdoor walking levels. For this purpose, it included a sample of 173 participants (≥65 years) and used secondary data and a geographic information system (GIS) to objectively measure neighbourhood green spaces characteristics. Geographic positioning system (GPS) technology was used to objectively measure outdoor walking levels. Data on participants’ personal characteristics were collected by questionnaire. The results indicate that one characteristic of neighbourhood green spaces (i.e., size) is positively related to outdoor walking levels. They show that inequalities in neighbourhood green spaces’ size in high- versus low-deprivation areas may influence disparities in older adults’ outdoor walking levels. Despite inequalities in other neighbourhood green space characteristics (e.g., proximity, attractiveness, and number) in high- versus low-deprivation areas, no relationship was found between these neighbourhood green space characteristics and participants’ outdoor walking levels. Enhancing the distribution or creation of large neighbourhood green spaces (e.g., through creating green space networks) may enhance outdoor walking among older residents, especially in high-deprivation areas.

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