Social needs of the elderly and active aging in public open spaces in urban renewal

Cities

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 114-122

  Yung, Esther H K ^a   Conejos, Sheila ^b   Chan, Edwin H W ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active aging; Hong Kong; Open space; Social needs; Urban renewal

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY POPULATION; OPEN SPACE; PUBLIC SPACE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84951827189     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2015.11.022     Document Type: Article

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