The Role of Perceived Social and Physical Environments on Older Adults Social Interactions
The social environment and the physical environment at the neighbourhood level have been linked to social interactions and individual wellbeing in different urban populations.However,there is currently no clear understanding about the relative strength and nature of this relationship.This research seeks to better understand the relationship between measures of the social environment and the physical environment(i.e.urban form,including community or “third places)and the frequency of social interactions of older adults(i.e.people aged 55 years and above).From the CSIRO Survey of Community Wellbeing and Responding to Change,we obtained older peoples individual views on their social interactions and their perceptions of social and physical environments in six Local Government Areas(LGAs)in inner,middle,outer,and urban fringe areas of Metropolitan Melbourne,Australia.Using multiple regression analyses,we find that perceived social environment measures are stronger predictors of social interaction frequency than the physical environment.In particular,respondents participation in community events has the strongest association with social interactions,while the presence of,or access to,third places was not a dominant factor and had the weakest association.These findings provide insights into older adults social interactions,and contribute to planning policy and practice to support ageing-in-place.Further work is required using objective and quantitative measures of the urban form in the context of the respondents neighbourhood.
urban environment sustainable neighbourhood quality of life
Piret VEEROJA Greg FOLIENTE Rod MCCREA Hannah BADLAND Chris PETTIT
University of Melbourne,Australia CSIRO,Australia RMIT University,Australia University of New South Wales,Australia
国际会议
2017世界可持续建筑环境大会(the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference)
香港
英文
2340-2346
2017-06-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）