1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910733755803321

Autore

Caronte-Veisz Adrienn <1988->

Titolo

Healthy aging in metropolitan landscapes : projects and strategies to promote the quality of life for seniors / / Adrienn Caronte-Veisz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Macerata : , : Quodlibet, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

88-229-1300-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (159 pages) : illustrations

Collana

DiAP print. Dottorato

Disciplina

307.1216094

Soggetti

City planning - Europe

Community development - Europe

Older people - Services for - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- I. The Aging Metropolis -- II. Age-Friendly Metropolitan Landscapes -- III. Case-Study Analysis: Copenhagen and Rome -- IV. Evidence-Based, Age-Friendly Urban Landscape Design -- Selected Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

Aging demographics and urbanization are two of the most important social tendencies facing the world's developed countries. Today cities must adjust if older people are to maintain quality of life. The age-friendly city is a city suitable for everyone. The rewriting of the urban landscape with the elderly in mind might be the key to urban regeneration.This research strives to build bridges between cognitive psychology and landscape architecture in order to promote senior citizens' well-being in the metropolis. It proposes a critical reflection on how urban landscapes, designed with evidence-based methodology can promote the psycho-physical welfare of the inhabitants, with particular focus on one of the most vulnerable groups.High quality neighbourhood green space is associated with mental health benefits, prevention of cognitive decline and dementia, reduced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, etc. However, the evidence base, related to healthy urban greenery, is poorly integrated in the planning, management and design of urban green spaces.Through a global



current design practice analysis and the comparison of two European case studies (Copenhagen and Rome), analysed with quantitative and qualitative approaches, an Age-friendly Urban Nature Index was developed that aims to provide a tool for landscape architects and local decision makers to support future urban planning and design.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789149903321

Autore

Nettle Claire

Titolo

Community gardening as social action / / Claire Nettle

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-57297-4

1-317-16342-7

1-317-16341-9

1-4094-5587-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Transforming environmental politics and policy

Disciplina

635

Soggetti

Community gardens

Social action

Collective behavior

Environmentalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2014 by Ashgate Publishing.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Community Gardening: From Leisure to Social Action; 2 Garden Views: Seeing Community Gardens as Sites of Social Change; 3 Theorising Collective Action; 4 Community Gardening as Activism; 5 In The Garden; 6 Growing Community; 7 Producing Culture; 8 Creation: The Politics of Direct Action and Prefiguration; 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on case studies and social movement theory Claire Nettle provides a new empirical and theoretical understanding of community gardening by applying a contextual framework that considers the activity as a way for people to engage in collective social action.



Through this a richer, more complete understanding of community gardening as a form of social activity and of its potential contributions to activism, community, democracy and culture can be reached.