Hi Aleksandra,

What do you exactly mean ? Are you speaking of shaping urban space for people becoming elder in cities ("aging in cities") ? Or, do you consider the city itself to age, with "aging sites" developing inside "without barriers" ? I don't see precisely what you mean with these "barriers". Is it the idea that cities should be allowed to extend without barriers but in an optimal planed way ? Or would urban planing have to take account of people aging in the city to shape urban space accordingly by appropriate extensions without barriers ? 

Kind regards         

Dear Mr Crevecoeur,

Thank You for Your reply.

I am interested in shaping, creating places in the urban space for eleder people, but not only "aging in cities" or "Design for All" but theory of city without architectural barriers in the urban space, is that theory exists?

Dear Aleksandra,

To my incomplete knowledge on the subject, there is no real theory of city without architectural barriers for elderly. Rather, there are policies, strategies, practices based on studies as referred to hereafter.

There is the research project OPUS (Older People's Use of Unfamiliar Space) which concluded that urban planning should include a smooth transition between walk, drive and public transport and take account of how elderly people use these transport means. You can find some info in enclosed slides in pdf "Older People's Use of Unfamiliar Space" (2013). There is also a website "OPUS : New Dynamics Ageing" which has been developed from OPUS results (see link below).

You probably know the WHO permanent web page for their newly founded Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (GNAFCC). Follow the link "who.int" below. There is also the research project "UrbAging - Planning and designing the urban space for an ageing society” (2009) on 2 Swiss cities (see enclosed pdf "ris_ist...). See also the "Swissinfo" article of 2012 in the joint link. Another project is the enclosed 2010 Austrian "sALTo" project for Vienna ("Urban Planning to Support Seniors"). And the approach for Barcelona in Spain (2013) : see the link to the University of Barcelona web page.

In addition, it is perhaps worth quoting 2 books on "Urban planning" as they contain chapters on elderly people :

"Urban Planning: An Introduction" (by Chris Couch) (2016) : pp. 209-211 for elderly people

"Handbook on Transport and Urban Planning in the Developed World" (publhed by Michiel C.J. Bliemer,Corinne Mulley,Claudine J. Moutou) (2015) : see Part I -3 History and theory of urban transport planning (pp. 36-53) and Part V -20 City Logistics (pp. 375-385) 

Finally for curiosity (and for the records) there is the old US study on "Planning and an Aging Population" (1961) (see joint pdf).

http://www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk/unfamiliar-space.html

http://www.who.int/ageing/age-friendly-world/en/

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/social-change_cities-face-challenge-of-an-age-old-problem/34118508

http://www.ub.edu/senesciencia/noticia/age-friendly-cities-case-barcelona/

I'd also like to mention a Dutch study checking the possibility of segregating elderly people in senior cities (2009) : probably not a good idea (see enclosed pdf). 

Dear Mr Crevecoeur,

I would like to thank You a lot. I am very pleased. Thank You for Your commitment.

Good evening

You may want to look into:

Alzheimer’s Society (2013).  Building Dementia-Friendly Communities: A Priority for Everyone.  London: Alzheimer’s Society.  Retrieved from https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/download.php?type=downloads&fileID=1916

Building Futures and RIBA (2013).  Silver Linings: The Active Third Age and the City.  London: Building Futures and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).  Retrieved from https://www.architecture.com/Files/RIBAHoldings/PolicyAndInternationalRelations/BuildingFutures/Projects/SilverLinings.pdf

Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (2004), Neighborhoods for Life’ – Designing dementia friendly outdoor environments.  Oxford: Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development.  Retrieved from http://www.housinglin.org.uk/_library/Resources/Housing/Support_materials/Other_reports_and_guidance/Neighbourhoods_for_Life_Findings_Leaflet.pdf

WHO (2007a).  Checklist of Essential Features of Age-friendly Cities.  Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO).  Retrieved from http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/Age_friendly_cities_checklist.pdf

WHO (2007b).  Global Age-friendly Cities: A Guide.  Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO).  Retrieved from http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/Global_age_friendly_cities_Guide_English.pdf

Kind regards

Vladimir

Good evening,

There is an intersting paper about a mathematical stochastical-based analysis of urban spatial network from the point of view of a disabled city user.

The main case study is the archaeological area of Rome. 

My bests

Marco

Article La città dei disabili: verso una generalizzazione della space syntax

Thank You Mr Ladinski

Thank You Mr Spada 

Dear Aleksandra,

You might be also interested in the "Blue Zones project" (zones where people live longer and organized in that sense) : see links below.  

http://www.bchd.org/get-involved/blue-zones-project-impact-1

http://www.bluezonesproject.com

And also :

https://www.bluezones.com/2015/04/the-blue-zones-solution-secrets-of-the-worlds-healthiest-people-9-questions-for-dan-buettner/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Zone

Dear Aleksandra,

You might also be interested in the work and publications of Pr Michel Poulain (University of Tallinn) : demography, care to elderly, Blue Zones,....  Here is the link to his RG profile :

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michel_Poulain

 Dear Aleksandra, 

from a more specific architectural point of view, but with some interesting ideas, you can try this.

Architectural Design

Special Issue: Designing for the Third Age: Architecture Redefined for a Generation of ‘Active Agers’

March/April 2014

Volume 84, Issue 2

My Bests

Dear Aleksandra,

For your information, there is another RG question with some connexion to yours. You will find the link below. Regards

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_design_criteria_in_built_environment_to_help_to_promote_the_social_interaction_among_the_elderly_in_retirement_villages

Dear Aleksandra,

you might be interested in the work of prof. Acebillo "Urbaging: Designing urban space for an ageing society" . You will find the link below. Regards

http://www.urbaging.ch/index/

http://www.urbaging.ch//files/NRP54_FSReport_16-02_DEF.pdf

Dear Aleksandra,

It might be too late, but as I just come across these references and maybe your study is still going on, I post them in case of .... :

http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/aging-in-place-house-plans/#.WAsl1o9OJ9A

https://www.agingcare.com/Articles/communities-that-will-change-your-view-of-independent-living-167838.htm

http://elderimpact.org/

http://www.homeadvisor.com/r/aging-in-place-house-plans/#.WAsl1o9OJ9A

https://www.agingcare.com/Articles/communities-that-will-change-your-view-of-independent-living-167838.htm

http://elderimpact.org/