The use of amenities in high density neighbourhoods by older urban Australians residents

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-171

  Vine, Desley ^a   Buys, Laurie ^a   Aird, Rosemary ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Ageing in place; Amenities; Availability; GIS; GPS

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; URBAN PLANNING;

ACCESSIBILITY; AGEING-IN-PLACE; AMENITIES; CASE STUDY APPROACH; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING AND DESIGNS; RESIDENTIAL DENSITY; URBAN SETTINGS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

AMENITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; GPS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; POLICY MAKING; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84863862066     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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