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"OUR RESEARCH PROJECT AIMS AT HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE URBAN SETTING, PROJECTING INTERVENTIONS THAT COULD BOOST ITS SENIOR-FRIENDLINESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH."
"OUR RESEARCH PROJECT AIMS AT HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON THE URBAN SETTING, PROJECTING INTERVENTIONS THAT COULD BOOST ITS SENIOR-FRIENDLINESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH."
This project is financed by the Regional Studies Association
Our research project in detail
Covid-19 outbreak has affected mostly people in the second half of their lives, at risk of isolation and loneliness, and whose well-being has deteriorated severely.
In this context, the research project aims at assessing the suitability of European cities to elderly people, identifying needs for their well-being that existed before the Covid-19 pandemic but have become more and more important nowadays. To reach our purpose, we employ the Perception Survey on the Quality of Life 2019 representative of the population of 83 European cities in the sample, with a total of 58,100 complete interviews. Regression analyses allow us to identify what elements of cities are perceived to be the most relevant for the elderly. These city-related aspects were crucial before the pandemic, and we think they have to be strengthened afterwards.
Impact
Our results will inform policy makers about which city-related areas have to be prioritized and which kind of choices could greatly improve the urban livability for the elderly, bearing in mind the recent Covid-19 implications. The analysis is critical to discover how cities should be re-organized, especially accounting for the peculiar necessities of this frail age group, bearing the brunt of a pandemic on this scale. In fact, it is essential to develop people-centered communities able to foster the ability of older people to age in place, and best practices could be spread in light of the latest events. The assessment should provide a contribution to European decision-making processes headed to improve the perception of age-friendliness of urban environments, implementing a paradigm for reference, given the great heterogeneity of features characterizing European cities.
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