Urban Environments for Healthy Ageing

Anna P. Lane is a research fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design. She is a developmental psychologist and gerontologist with a general research interest that focusses on better understanding the psychological, social, and environmental predictors of healthy ageing.

• List of tables, figures, and boxesList of contributorsForward (Chan Heng Chee)AcknowledgementsIntroduction (Anna P. Lane)Part I - HousingChapter 1. Housing for older Australians: changing capacities and constrained choices (Julie E. Byles)Chapter 2. Adapting public housing to age in place in Singapore (Belinda Yuen)Chapter 3. Ageing in place: Japan’s struggle towards its realisation (Satoshi Kose)Part II – Mobility and TransportationChapter 4. Neighbourhood built environment and older adults’ physical activity (Ester Cerin, Andrea Nathan, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Anthony Barnett)Chapter 5. Life-space mobility and active ageing (Erja Portegijs, Taina Rantanen)Chapter 6. Ageing and transportation (Gudmundur F. Ulfarsson, Sungyop Kim)Chapter 7. Spatial analysis of older adults’ travel behaviour in Singapore (Yuting Hou, Adithi Moogoor)Part III - Urban Planning and DesignChapter 8. Age-friendly communities: community environments to promote active ageing in place (Chanam Lee, Sinan Zhong)Chapter 9. Integrating active ageing into inclusive neighbourhood design in Singapore (Gillian McFeat Lin)Chapter 10. Graphic design of the city: urban legibility in Singapore (Joshua Comaroff)Chapter 11. Designing digital services to enhance older person’s access to public transport (Yuan Lu, Rens Brankaert, Carlijn Valk, Marjolein den Haan, Xipei Ren)Index

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