The world population has been experiencing significant ageing. Due to ageing population the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing has been adopted in 2002, which emphasized that societies should provide enabling environments for elderly to advance their health and well-being, especially in urban areas. In this article is assumed that in urban areas a sustainable and multi-functional green infrastructure can ensure benefits of health and well-being for the elderly. It has been confirmed that there is sufficient evidence to support the idea that the connectivity of green areas provides health and well-being benefits, especially for the elderly. A good planned green infrastructure can, however, increase life expectancy, reduced health inequality, improve physical activity, promote of psychological health and mental well-being, as well as increase social activity of elderly people.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 2697411In times of globalization and increasing individualisation the decreasing importance of local community is often debated. The neighbourhood is supposed to become less important as a source of social ties. At that the elderly are the group on which these trends would have the most negative impact, as they are more oriented on their immediate environment due to lower mobility. In the article we discuss what is the evaluation of elderly of their neighbourhood, the role of neighbours in their social support networks and the changes in time. At that we observe the neighbourhood as a potential actor in community care. We base our analysis on a non-representative sample of a smaller study, while putting them in the context of a larger representative study. The results indicate that the importance of neighbourhood is decreasing and that the neighbours are less often the source of various types of social support. This trend can be seen in both observed generations (middleaged and elderly). However, the difference between generations is present and indicates higher importance of neighbours for the elderly. The neighbourhood still presents (although limited) source of community care and source of ontological security.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 33486173Ageing population has become a global phenomenon with major implications in cities. More than a half the world’s population is living in cities, and by 2030 three out the five will be individual urban residents. At the same time, the share of world population aged over 65 is increasing rapidly. There is an increasingly widespread recognition that if the needs of older people are correctly identified, the phenomenon of population ageing, especially ageing in cities, will not lead to a demographic catastrophe. Older people could be in fact have an important resource for families, communities and the economy, but to make this happen an ageing cities should be prepared in this challenging, also from the aspect of housing needs and servises for the elderly.
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