Abstract
The main purpose of this study is to evaluate urban physical settings and physical infrastructure quality of different urban forms in Beirut Metropolitan Area to understand the safety issues and older adults’ ease of access to their outdoor environment. The SAFE Assessment Tool (Safety, Attractiveness, Friendliness, and Efficiency) was applied to assess key qualitative and quantitative objective measures related to older adults’ accessibility and connectivity to their needs and services in their immediate neighborhood, specifically at the street level as an integral element of the city. Direct observation was used as a data collection approach to record key outdoor characteristics of urban settings in 616 streets within thirty neighborhoods located in various urban forms. To distinguish various neighborhood characteristics of the study areas within the indicated urban contexts, we employed GIS spatial analysis technique. The GIS technology enabled us to cultivate the generated SAFE Assessment database to understand the spatial relationships between the neighborhood features through explanatory maps. The GIS maps also helped to determine the quality of spatial factors, their geographical locations, level of accessibility, and contextual relationships in the study areas, such as street/sidewalk features, type of building facades, landscape characteristics, and etc.
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Public Policy and Public Perspectives on Aging
KEYWORDS
Older Adults Neighborhood Community Invitation Quality and SAFE Assessment
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