This book stems from the International Ageing Urbanism Colloquium held at the Singapore University of Technology and Design in October 2017. It addresses the crucial issue of how cities can best prepare for both the challenges and opportunities of ageing and increasingly urbanised societies. It includes contributions from researchers and practitioners frommany disciplines working in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Following a succinct and well-informed introductory chapter, the book is organised into three sections: housing, mobility and transport and finally urban planning and design. These themes are directly linked to Singapore’s Action Plan for Successful Ageing with its admirable aim to ‘transform Singapore into an age-friendly city where Singaporeans can age in place gracefully and confidently’. The introduction sets the scene well in terms of socio-demographic population changes globally, and in Asia, and introduces the sociological models of healthy ageing which underpin the later chapters of the book. Section one startswith twoAustralian studies of the suitability of different types of housing in older age. Julie Byles explores changes in housing across later life in terms of the experiences of older women nationally and people’s experience of their homes and neighbourhoods in suburban Sydney. Chapter 2 moves from the ‘great Australian dream’ of the freestanding suburban home (and other options) to Singapore where 82% of people live in high-density public housing. Belinda Yuen sets out the impressive work on improving Singapore’s public housing provision for older people and asks what older Singaporeans look for in their homes to age in place. She reports high levels of satisfaction with location, facilities and social connections and emphasises the importance of variety, choice and adaptability and of inclusive design. Next stop is Japan, where Satoshi Kose provides an historical overview of Japan’s experience of providinghousing for theworld’smost agedpopulation. This identifies a shift frommore specific solutions, such as specialised housing and nursing institutions, to universal design. He poses important questions about the level of design standards, the challenges of adapting existing housing stock and the use of assistive technologies. The mobility and transport section starts with a detailed review of the evidence linking attributes of neighbourhood built environment and older people’s physical activity. In this stand-out chapter, the authors combine several extensive reviews of quantitative and qualitative studies. They conclude with clear implications for policy and practice regarding the built environment but emphasise the need to simultaneously target other determinants of activity-friendly neighbourhoods. Importantly, they highlight the predominance of studies from North America and Europe and question the generalisability of the findings to Asia and other parts of the global south. The second chapter zooms in on a large Finnish Life-Space Mobility in Old Age research project and

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全球健康老化的城市环境

本书取材于2017年10月在新加坡科技设计大学举行的国际老龄化城市讨论会。该书探讨了至关重要的问题，即城市如何为老化和日益城市化的社会的挑战和机遇做好最好的准备。它包括来自亚洲，澳大利亚，欧洲和北美的许多学科的研究人员和从业人员的贡献。在简洁明了的介绍性章节之后，本书分为三个部分：住房，交通和运输，最后是城市规划和设计。这些主题与新加坡的“成功老龄化行动计划”直接相关，其令人钦佩的目标是“将新加坡转变成一个适合老年人居住的城市，让新加坡人可以优雅，自信地到位。引言就全球和亚洲的社会人口变化而言，奠定了良好的环境，并介绍了健康衰老的社会学模型，这些模型为本书的后续章节奠定了基础。第一节从两个方面开始。澳大利亚研究了不同类型房屋在老年人中的适用性。朱莉·拜尔斯（Julie Byles）从全国范围内的老年妇女的经历以及人们在悉尼郊区的住宅和社区的经历中探索了晚年住房的变化。第2章从对独立郊区住宅（以及其他选择）的“澳大利亚梦”到新加坡，其中82％的人居住在高密度的公共住房中。贝琳达园（Belinda Yuen）在改善新加坡为老年人提供的公共住房方面开展了令人印象深刻的工作，并询问年龄较大的新加坡人在其房屋中需要什么。她对位置，设施和社交关系表示高度满意，并强调了多样性，选择和适应性以及包容性设计的重要性。下一站是日本，高濑敏（Satoshi Kose）在这里对日本为世界上最老龄化人口提供住房的经历进行了历史回顾。这标志着从更具体的解决方案（例如专业的住房和护理机构）向通用设计的转变。他提出了有关设计标准水平，调整现有住房存量和使用辅助技术的挑战等重要问题。流动性和运输部分首先详细研究将邻里建筑环境的属性与老年人的体育活动联系起来的证据。在这一出色的章节中，作者结合了对定量和定性研究的广泛评论。他们的结论对建筑环境的政策和实践有着明确的含义，但强调有必要同时针对活动友好型社区的其他决定因素。重要的是，它们强调了北美和欧洲研究的主导地位，并对研究结果对亚洲和全球南方其他地区的普遍性提出了质疑。第二章重点介绍了芬兰大型老年生活空间研究项目，作者结合了对定量和定性研究的广泛评论。他们的结论对建筑环境的政策和实践有着明确的含义，但强调有必要同时针对活动友好型社区的其他决定因素。重要的是，它们强调了北美和欧洲研究的主导地位，并对研究结果对亚洲和全球南方其他地区的普遍性提出了质疑。第二章重点介绍了芬兰大型老年生活空间研究项目，作者结合了对定量和定性研究的广泛评论。他们的结论对建筑环境的政策和实践有着明确的含义，但强调有必要同时针对活动友好型社区的其他决定因素。重要的是，它们强调了北美和欧洲研究的主导地位，并对研究结果对亚洲和全球南方其他地区的普遍性提出了质疑。第二章重点介绍了芬兰大型老年生活空间研究项目，他们强调了来自北美和欧洲的研究的主导地位，并质疑研究结果对亚洲和全球南方其他地区的普遍性。第二章重点介绍了芬兰大型老年生活空间研究项目，他们强调了来自北美和欧洲的研究的主导地位，并对研究结果对亚洲和全球南方其他地区的普遍性提出了质疑。第二章重点介绍了芬兰大型老年生活空间研究项目，