Livable Communities for Aging Populations Urban Design for Longevity

by Ball, M. Scott

• ISBN13: 9780470641927
• ISBN10: 0470641924
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Written by an architect with Duany Plater-Zyberk with expertise in design for an aging society, this is a guide to urban planning and urban design solutions to accommodate the needs of a population aging in place in both existing and new communities of various scales. Complete with case studies of successful communities, the book shows how--through (social, economic, transportation, and public health) policy, land use, and urban design decisions--a community can allow for residents to age in place gracefully.

Author Biography

M. Scott Ball is an Atlanta-based architect and senior project manager for Duany Plater-Zyberk Company (DPZ). He was previously involved in numerous hurricane recovery housing efforts and the creation of Louisiana's The Road Home and Mississippi Home Again programs. Ball was also co-executive director of the Community Housing Resource Center in Atlanta and served as president of the Association for Community Design, a national network of community design associations.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Preface	p. xiv
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
Challenges and Opportunities	p. 1
The Longevity Challenge to Urbanism	p. 3
The Challenge	p. 3
The Scale of Response: Pedestrian Sheds and Neighborhoods	p. 7
Seniors Housing Communities as Change Agents	p. 11
Toward the Development of Lifelong Neighborhoods	p. 14
Conclusions	p. 18
Access and Urbanism	p. 21
Introduction	p. 21
Go Forth Boldly	p. 22
On Whose Behalf We Regulate	p. 24
Advancing Accessibility Aspirations Beyond Minimum Standards	p. 31
Stewardship	p. 38
Health, Healthcare, and Urbanism	p. 45
Environmental Health, Safety, and Welfare	p. 45
Reestablishing a Healthy Land-Use Paradigm	p. 48
Knowledge and Action: Finding an Institutional Basis for Public Health and Land-Use Planning Integration	p. 50
Beyond Intent and Toxicity: Establishing Frameworks for Planning Action	p. 54
Beyond Planning: Healthy Environment Implementation Frameworks	p. 64
Neighborhood Wellness and Recreation	p. 71
Urban Design and Wellness Industry Market Research	p. 71
Aging and Wellness	p. 73
Redefining the Lifelong Environment: Wellness in Community	p. 77
Conclusion	p. 86
Networks and Diversity	p. 87
Connections	p. 89
Connectivity	p. 91
Pedestrian Access and Transit	p. 103
Diversity	p. 109
Planning for Diversity	p. 109
Zoning for Diversity	p. 111
Building Codes and Housing Diversity	p. 121
Seniors Housing	p. 125
Evolution of Senior Development Types	p. 129
Early Senior Care Models	p. 129
Institutional Neglect	p. 133
Diversification of the Senior Housing Type	p. 134
The Lifelong Neighborhood Market	p. 149
Market Study Elements of Critical Importance to Lifelong Neighborhoods	p. 149
Factors That Contribute to Residency in Age-Restricted Communities	p. 156
Factors That Deter Older Adults from Moving to Age-Restricted Communities	p. 164
Lifelong Neighborhoods and Influencing Factors	p. 167
Seniors Housing Components	p. 171
Initiating Lifelong Neighborhood Design with a Market Study	p. 172
Seniors Housing Components	p. 174
Service Policy Components	p. 198
Built-Environment Policy Components	p. 199
Urban to Rural Case Studies	p. 207
Penn South Norc Case Study of Aging a Dense Urban Core	p. 209
Lifelong Summary	p. 209
Context	p. 210
Innovations in Health and Wellness Programming: Penn South Discovers the NORC Concept	p. 212
Connectivity and Access	p. 214
Dwellings and Retail	p. 216
Health and Wellness	p. 218
Community Building Spaces	p. 219
Jeff Dullea Intergenerational Garden	p. 220
Beacon Hill Case Study of Aging and Town Centers	p. 223
Lifelong Summary	p. 223
Context	p. 224
Innovations in Health and Wellness Programming	p. 225
Connectivity and Access	p. 226
Dwellings and Retail	p. 227
Health and Wellness	p. 230
Community Building Spaces	p. 232
Mableton Case Study of Aging and Neighborhood Center	p. 235
Lifelong Summary	p. 235
Overview	p. 237
Context	p. 238
Redeveloping as a Lifelong Community	p. 239
Mableton Elementary School Redeveloped as a Civic Center	p. 253
Elder-Centric Villages: Exploring how Senior Housing Can Incentivize Urban Renewal in Rural America	p. 257
Lifelong Summary	p. 257
Evaluating Small-Town Living and Walkability	p. 259
Providing an Elder-Centric Village	p. 263
Index	p. 267
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