Inclusivity Series - Planning and Design for an Ageing Society

 

Ageing society is happening across the board among mature economies.  Generation after generation, people spent their lives building the society and caring for the young.  How could we, as planners, plan, design and modify our city to enable the people who are departing the workforce to continue participating and be involved as an active member of the society?  What do people at ‘young-old’, ‘mid-old’ and ‘old-old’ need and aspire?  To answer these questions, let’s look at what other mature societies are doing, and let’s see if we can bring home some insights for our planning work.

The True Costs of Ageing

Publisher: The Economist

10 Problems Countries with Ageing Populations are Facing

Reporter: Simon Whistler, TopTenz

Japan’s Aging Crisis - The Solution

Publisher: Nobita from Japan

As people age, most would prefer to stay in the neighbourhoods where they belonged and are familiar with. In order to convert our neighbourhoods (as they are also ageing) into age-friendly ones, not only shall we have the knowledge about basic design principles, we can also leverage on technologies diligently to make designs age-friendly.

Cities Alive: Designing for Ageing Communities

Publisher: ARUP

Designing Age-friendly Neighbourhoods

Publisher: Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore

Why Do We Abandon Great Design When it is for “the Elderly”?

Speaker: Prof. Jeremy Myerson, REsearch Professor at the Royal Colleage of Art, UK

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