Keywords
Elderly-friendly city
Urban planning
Built environment
Design
Submitted : 2024-06-12
Accepted : 2024-06-27
Published : 2024-07-12
Abstract
As an important part of urban construction, elderly-friendly construction is crucial to the formation of an elderly-friendly society, which has been widely recognized internationally. Especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, various organizations around the world have called for changes in public space and urban building planning, with an emphasis on the accessibility of green spaces. This underscores the complexity and difficulty of integrating vulnerable groups of the elderly into cities and using infrastructure and public space.
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