Creative Ageing Cities: Place Design with Older People in Asian Cities

ISBN-13: 9780367504205 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Keng Hua Chong; Mihye Cho

Opis

This book discusses the contribution of ageing population as a productive and creative force towards urban design particularly in high-density urban contexts, as observed in a collection of empirical cases found in rapidly ageing Asian cities.

Spis treści

Introduction (Keng Hua CHONG and Mihye CHO)  Part I: Singapore  1. Reclamation of Urban Voids and the Return of the "Kampung Spirit" in Singapore's Public Housing (Keng Hua CHONG)  2. A Case Study in Re-imagining Healthy Communities (Sweet Fun WONG)  Part II: Taipei  3. Regenerating Public Life for Ageing Communities through the Choreography of Place-ballets and the Weaving of Memory Tapestries (Min Jay KANG)  Part III: Seoul  4. Fostering Government-Citizen Collaboration and Inter-generational Cooperation: The Alternative Neighbourhood Regeneration Project in Jangsu, Seoul (Jiyoun KIM and Mihye CHO)  Part IV: Hong Kong  5. Participatory Action Research: Public Space Design by Older People (Jackie Yan Chi KWOK)  6. A Participatory Design Experience with Older People: Case Study of Participatory Design in the HKSKH Tseung Kwan O Aged Care Complex Project (Robert Kin Ming WONG, Crystal Man Chong HO, and Gwyneth Wing Lam CHAN)  Part V: Shanghai  7. New Prototype for Ageing-in-Place in Megacities: An Empirical Study of Shanghai (Dong YAO)  Part VI: Tokyo  8. Community Design to Prevent Solitary Death in Super-Aged Japan (Toshio OTSUKI)  Conclusion (Mihye CHO and Keng Hua CHONG)