How Age-Friendly Are Cities?: Measuring Age-Friendliness with a Composite Index

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Author(s): Lucie Vidovićová (Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
Copyright: 2017
Pages: 21
Source title: Emerging Trends in the Development and Application of Composite Indicators
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Veljko Jeremic (University of Belgrade, Serbia), Zoran Radojicic (University of Belgrade, Serbia)and Marina Dobrota (University of Belgrade, Serbia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0714-7.ch012

Keywords: Data Analysis & Statistics / Data Analysis and Statistics / Information Science Reference / Library & Information Science

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The chapter introduces the Age-friendly City Index as a way of measuring the age-friendliness of urban environments. The proposed index assesses the dimensions of outdoor spaces and transportation as they are perceived and evaluated by older people, residents of the fourteen biggest towns in the Czech Republic. The dimensions and items included in the index are constructed upon the theoretical framework proposed by the World Health Organisation Global Age-friendly Cities Project. Validation of the results of the index is based on experimental open-ended question analysis. The resulting categories confirm the importance of greenery and aesthetics for the age-friendly concept, and confirm the rankings of cities obtained via the composite index. In addition, comparison with similar measures tested in Canada and Hong Kong are discussed, and the necessity of backing up index measures with policy analysis and general structural support is argued for.

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