Place (in)securities: older adults’ perceptions across urban environments in the United Kingdom ((In)seguridades de lugar. Percepciones de las personas mayores en distintos entornos urbanos del Reino Unido)

Meiko Makita; Ryan Woolrych; Judith Sixsmith; Michael Murray; Deborah Menezes; Jenny Fisher; Rebecca Lawthom

doi:10.1080/21711976.2020.1728653

Place (in)securities: older adults’ perceptions across urban environments in the United Kingdom ((In)seguridades de lugar. Percepciones de las personas mayores en distintos entornos urbanos del Reino Unido)

Meiko Makita (Lead / Corresponding author), Ryan Woolrych, Judith Sixsmith, Michael Murray, Deborah Menezes, Jenny Fisher, Rebecca Lawthom

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Abstract

This paper explores empirical accounts of perceived insecurities and accompanying issues that make urban place problematic and can impact older adults’ wellbeing and overall quality of life. Findings reported derive from the project “Place-Making with Older People: Towards Age-Friendly Communities” which investigates both barriers and facilitators to developing age-friendly cities. Drawing on interviews with older adults in three cities in the United Kingdom (UK), the analysis demonstrates that physical and social vulnerabilities along with the characteristics of the built and social environment, play a role in influencing older adults’ behaviours, routines and habits in the community. The results are discussed with a view of influencing practice and policy priorities relating to age-friendly cities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	214-231
Number of pages	18
Journal	PsyEcology
Volume	11
Issue number	2
Early online date	16 Mar 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2020.1728653
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

age-friendly cities
coping strategies
public space

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Applied Psychology

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Place-making with Older Adults: Towards Age-Friendly Communities (joint with Heriot-Watt University, Manchester Metropolitan University, Keele University and University of Edinburgh)
Sixsmith, J. (Investigator)
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Makita, M., Woolrych, R., Sixsmith, J., Murray, M., Menezes, D., Fisher, J., & Lawthom, R. (2020). Place (in)securities: older adults’ perceptions across urban environments in the United Kingdom ((In)seguridades de lugar. Percepciones de las personas mayores en distintos entornos urbanos del Reino Unido). PsyEcology , 11(2), 214-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/21711976.2020.1728653

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Place (in)securities: older adults’ perceptions across urban environments in the United Kingdom ((In)seguridades de lugar. Percepciones de las personas mayores en distintos entornos urbanos del Reino Unido)

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