Towards global Age-Friendly cities: Determining urban features that promote active aging

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 733-739

  Plouffe, Louise ^a   Kalache, Alexandre ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age friendly city; Age prepared; Community assessment; Elder friendly

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CITY; CITY PLANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POLICY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGING; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77956971686     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-010-9466-0     Document Type: Article

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