The experienced age-friendliness in two Polish cities: An in-depth analysis of the views of older citizens

IF 6.5 1区经济学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Habitat International Pub Date : 2024-10-19 DOI:10.1016/j.habitatint.2024.103201

Jolanta M. Perek-Białas , Paulina Skórska , Milena Maj , Jan K. Kazak , Jeroen Dikken , Joost van Hoof

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Abstract

As the World Health Organization launched its age-friendly city and communities programme nearly two decades ago, it raises concerns how to measure and evaluate urban policies concerning age-friendliness. This work presents the translation, validation and results of survey research for the older population of two age-friendly Polish cities (Kraków and Wrocław), using the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire. The study was conducted with two representative samples of older people living in Kraków (n = 392) and Wrocław (n = 409), who were asked to rate the age-friendliness of their cities. Based on the cluster analysis three typologies of older people emerged, reflecting the different views on their experience of living in the city. These resulting typologies showed that people's socio-economic status, living arrangements and health situation play an important role in how they experience city life. Results highlight the value of quantitative city evaluation in order to design and better monitor urban policies following an age-friendly agenda. The most important findings of particular relevance to public age-friendly policy in Poland is to secure the need for the older person to receive assistance with daily activities and mobility especially among those who do not see the positive aspects of living in an age-friendly city.

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波兰两个城市的老年友好体验：深入分析老年公民的观点

世界卫生组织在近二十年前启动了 "老年友好城市和社区 "计划，这引起了人们对如何衡量和评估城市老年友好政策的关注。这项工作介绍了波兰两个老年友好城市（克拉科夫和弗罗茨瓦夫）老年人口调查研究的翻译、验证和结果，使用的是老年友好城市和社区问卷。研究对象是居住在克拉科夫（n = 392）和弗罗茨瓦夫（n = 409）的两个具有代表性的老年人样本，要求他们对所在城市的老年友好度进行评分。根据聚类分析得出了三种老年人类型，反映了他们对城市生活体验的不同看法。这些类型显示，人们的社会经济地位、生活安排和健康状况对他们如何体验城市生活起着重要作用。研究结果凸显了定量城市评估的价值，以便设计和更好地监测遵循老年友好议程的城市政策。与波兰公共老年友好政策特别相关的最重要的研究结果是，确保老年人在日常活动和行动方面需要得到帮助，特别是在那些认为生活在老年友好型城市中没有积极意义的人当中。

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Habitat International Multiple-

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10.50

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10.30%

发文量

151

审稿时长

38 days

期刊介绍： Habitat International is dedicated to the study of urban and rural human settlements: their planning, design, production and management. Its main focus is on urbanisation in its broadest sense in the developing world. However, increasingly the interrelationships and linkages between cities and towns in the developing and developed worlds are becoming apparent and solutions to the problems that result are urgently required. The economic, social, technological and political systems of the world are intertwined and changes in one region almost always affect other regions.