The growing population over 65 years old and the process of urbanization are two of the major challenges that the contemporary city has to address urgently. These issues require rethinking public spaces to ensure health and wellbeing and stimulate active ageing. The theme of age-friendly cities (WHO, 2007a) emerges in this context; it’s about inclusive cities harmonised with the Agenda 2030 goals and the Universal Design principles since they support people’s lives regardless of age, gender, and abilities. These are the places where to grow old and fuel the desire of ageing in place. The present work identifies the neighbourhood as the “optimal urban scale” for ageing. It is the place of elderlies’ everyday life and is generally identified as a community. Here people are encouraged to go out and maintain their daily habits thanks to the existence of a safe and good public realm. Starting from the case study of the Santa Marta neighbourhood in Venice, the author has conducted a multi-phase analysis to investigate the quality of outdoor public spaces and which activities are played in these spaces to understand how the urban experience and the quality of life of the elderly can be improved. At the same time, both the good practices listed by the WHO for the achievement of age-friendly environments and some of the major neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools were studied, paying attention to the social dimension of sustainability seen as an “accelerator” of urban health and wellbeing. The main purpose of the research is to draft a new method of evaluation of the age-friendliness applicable to the neighbourhood scale. It is called SMARTAGING and it consists of 3 sections (quality of public space; transport and mobility; services and community), 13 criteria and 40 indicators, by which it is possible to rate neighbourhood’s public spaces. The proposed protocol aims to support administrations in understanding the ageing phenomena by directing active policies and design choices with an increasing focus on citizens and local and social issues to achieve real inclusiveness in urban spaces.

Il numero crescente di persone con oltre 65 anni d’età e il processo di urbanizzazione sono due delle principali sfide che la città contemporanea deve affrontare con urgenza. Tali temi richiedono un ripensamento degli spazi pubblici per garantire salute e benessere e contribuire positivamente all’invecchiamento attivo. Alla luce di ciò, nel 2007 la World Health Organization introduce il tema delle “città age-friendly”. Si tratta di città inclusive, in linea con gli obiettivi dell’Agenda 2030 e con i principi dell’Universal Design dal momento che esse supportano la vita delle persone indipendentemente da età, sesso, abilità. Il presente lavoro identifica il quartiere come “scala urbana ottimale” per l’invecchiamento. Si tratta infatti del luogo in cui si svolge la vita quotidiana degli anziani e in cui, generalmente, ci si identifica come comunità. Qui le persone possono essere incoraggiate (o scoraggiate) a vivere lo spazio pubblico e mantenere le proprie abitudini qualora vi siano luoghi sicuri e ben costruiti. Partendo dal caso di studio, il quartiere Santa Marta a Venezia, la ricerca si articola in più fasi di analisi tese a identificare le caratteristiche fisiche degli spazi pubblici del quartiere nonché a mappare le attività sociali che ivi si svolgono per comprendere in che modo agire al fine di migliorare l’esperienza urbana della popolazione più anziana. Al contempo, sono stati analizzati gli strumenti per la valutazione dell’age-friendliness esistenti per comprenderne le criticità e studiati i principali neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools ponendo particolare attenzione ai criteri relativi alla sostenibilità sociale, vista come “acceleratore” di benessere urbano. L’obiettivo principale della ricerca è quello di redigere un nuovo strumento per la valutazione dell’age-friendliness a scala di quartiere, che rappresenta l’output della ricerca dottorale. Esso, denominato SMARTAGING, consta di 3 sezioni (qualità dello spazio pubblico; trasporti e mobilità; servizi e comunità), 13 criteri e 40 indicatori attraverso i quali è possibile effettuare una valutazione – in termini percentuali – degli spazi pubblici del quartiere oggetto di analisi. Il protocollo proposto ha lo scopo di supportare amministrazioni, progettisti e stakeholder nella comprensione del fenomeno dell’invecchiamento all’interno delle città e indirizzare gli stessi verso politiche attive e scelte progettuali consapevoli per favorire ambienti più inclusivi e maggiormente “a misura di anziano”.

SMARTAGING. Quartieri "a misura di anziano". Uno strumento per la valutazione dell'age-friendliness / Revellini, Rosaria. - (2022 Oct 18). [10.25432/revellini-rosaria_phd2022-10-18]

SMARTAGING. Quartieri "a misura di anziano". Uno strumento per la valutazione dell'age-friendliness

REVELLINI, ROSARIA
2022-10-18

Abstract

The growing population over 65 years old and the process of urbanization are two of the major challenges that the contemporary city has to address urgently. These issues require rethinking public spaces to ensure health and wellbeing and stimulate active ageing. The theme of age-friendly cities (WHO, 2007a) emerges in this context; it’s about inclusive cities harmonised with the Agenda 2030 goals and the Universal Design principles since they support people’s lives regardless of age, gender, and abilities. These are the places where to grow old and fuel the desire of ageing in place. The present work identifies the neighbourhood as the “optimal urban scale” for ageing. It is the place of elderlies’ everyday life and is generally identified as a community. Here people are encouraged to go out and maintain their daily habits thanks to the existence of a safe and good public realm. Starting from the case study of the Santa Marta neighbourhood in Venice, the author has conducted a multi-phase analysis to investigate the quality of outdoor public spaces and which activities are played in these spaces to understand how the urban experience and the quality of life of the elderly can be improved. At the same time, both the good practices listed by the WHO for the achievement of age-friendly environments and some of the major neighbourhood sustainability assessment tools were studied, paying attention to the social dimension of sustainability seen as an “accelerator” of urban health and wellbeing. The main purpose of the research is to draft a new method of evaluation of the age-friendliness applicable to the neighbourhood scale. It is called SMARTAGING and it consists of 3 sections (quality of public space; transport and mobility; services and community), 13 criteria and 40 indicators, by which it is possible to rate neighbourhood’s public spaces. The proposed protocol aims to support administrations in understanding the ageing phenomena by directing active policies and design choices with an increasing focus on citizens and local and social issues to achieve real inclusiveness in urban spaces.
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SMARTAGING. Quartieri "a misura di anziano". Uno strumento per la valutazione dell'age-friendliness / Revellini, Rosaria. - (2022 Oct 18). [10.25432/revellini-rosaria_phd2022-10-18]
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