Spatial Aspects of the Shopping Patterns of the Urban Elderly: The Case of Central Area Apartment Dwellers

1984 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey C. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Central Area ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Limited Mobility ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Random Samples ◽  
Baseline Group ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Business District

ABSTRACTThis paper offers an exploratory investigation of spatial aspects of the shopping patterns of elderly downtown residents. Attention is explicitly focused on their usage fields, transport modes, and shopping context. The shopping behaviour of the elderly is evaluated with reference to that of a baseline group of non-elderly consumers. The data are obtained from a questionnaire/interview survey of random samples of elderly and non-elderly apartment dwellers in the central area of Winnipeg. The findings indicate that the elderly's shopping trips are largely restricted to the central business district. In contrast, the non-elderly exhibit more extensive movement patterns, particularly when purchasing relatively expensive items. These differences appear to be related to the higher level of transport deprivation among elderly persons, although some are able to compensate for their limited mobility by travelling as bus or automobile passengers.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Structure and Accessibility of Public Space Network in Kano Central Area with the Bid to Promote Urban Cohesion and Sustainability

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.25) ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Muhammad Muktar ◽  
Abdulaziz S. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Intervention Strategy ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Space Network ◽  
Sustainability Issue ◽  
Business District

There have been major concerns in the planning of both public and private spaces in Kano central area. Consequently, the entire urban fabric have been restructured due to uncontrolled developmental growth, population density, high cost of land value, unavailability of business location and poor accessibility to road network. These situations have brought about a physical and social shift in the position of Kano Central Business District (CBD) area, of which not prevented will continue to cause major urban cohesion and sustainability issue. Thus, this paper took a preemptive step to evaluate the existing problems and identify the major sustainability issues and where urban cohesion failed. A qualitative method was employed that does not only consider the study of morphological factors of the public space network in Kano CBD, but also the social, environmental and economic dynamics they generate. Thus, the data were collected through fieldwork (favoring direct contact with the territory), and analyzed using four key dimensions namely ‘Form and legibility’, ‘Access and Connections’, ‘Uses and Activities’, then ‘Sociability and Identification’. The findings revealed that the neighborhoods that make up the CBD have lot of abandoned buildings, insufficient access routes, poor drainage system, high volume of traffic that cause lot of pollution and proliferation of solid waste that makes road network impermeable, and an aesthetic eyesore. In view of these, the study recommends a set of urban intervention strategy capable of guiding the planning and redesign of public spaces in Kano CBD in order to promote urban cohesion and a sustainable environment. 

scholarly journals Problems of collective transport management – obstacles for the mobility of elderly and mobility-impaired

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-363
Author(s):  
Irena Szewczyk
Keyword(s):  
Public Transport ◽  
Basic Research ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Transport Processes ◽  
Transport Infrastructure ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Physically Disabled ◽  
Limited Mobility ◽  
The Disabled

The key assumption of public transport is the overall accessibility for all its users. Lack of adjustments or only partial adjustments of the touristic transport infrastructure to the needs of elderly and disabled persons constitutes a barrier for their free mobility. The study aims to formalize measures to improve public transport activities by identifying the problems of the disabled and the elderly while traveling. The article presents an assessment of the current state and recognizing the most important problems of the physically disabled and elderly persons in the mobility in the city using public transport. The research part of the article attempts to assess the availability of solutions in public transport for the physically disabled and elderly persons. For practical simplification, the article focuses on the mass transport implemented by the only possible means of this type of transport for the research is a bus.In line with the predefined criterion, one city from the region of Bielsko-Biała was included into the research – city Szczyrk. In the article, the diagnostic survey was used as the best research method. The basic technique for collecting the empirical data was the open participating observation using the observation sheet. The basic research was complemented by the direct survey of disabled persons with various levels of disabilities to achieve intended results.The research concluded that the mobility of disabled persons in the transport processes was assessed positively despite multiple difficulties and obstacles caused by their limited mobility and the lack of transport infrastructure adjustments (bus stops or information systems).

scholarly journals Shrinkage in Tokyo’s Central Business District: Large-Scale Redevelopment in the Spatially Shrinking Office Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 2742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kohei Kawai ◽  
Masatomo Suzuki ◽  
Chihiro Shimizu
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Building Performance ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Office Market ◽  
Business District

Although metropolises continue to grow worldwide, they face the risk of shrinkage. This study seeks to capture and contextualize the “shrinkage” of the office market in Tokyo, a city that is one of the largest in the world but whose labor force has been shrinking since 1995. Employing unique property-level data on office building performance and use, this study quantifies the geographical distribution of office supply over time and shows that the geographical area of office supply is shrinking from the fringes, in line with the large-scale redevelopment of the central area since the collapse of the asset bubble in the early 1990s. As a result, analyses of changes in the vacancy rate and rent premium (from hedonic regressions) suggest that old office properties in the suburbs have recently faced more vacancies and lower rent premiums, even during the upturn peak of around 2007. This evidence suggests that (i) the concept of shrinking cities is also applicable in a spatial context, even for service sector workplaces in a nation’s central metropolis, and that (ii) allowing large-scale redevelopment in the central area while the economy remains powerful can transform the metropolis into a more compact form, which may be desirable in the long run.

The Central Business District of Melbourne and the Dispersal and Reconcentration of Capital

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 1447-1461 ◽  
Author(s):  
S T Moser ◽  
N P Low
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
The State ◽  
Private Capital ◽  
Spatial Dynamic ◽  
State Capital ◽  
Business District

This paper is a discussion of the complex spatial dynamic at work in the second largest state capital in Australia. What is happening to the central business district, it is argued, has to be seen in the context of the interaction between the state government and private capital. The evolving sociospatial structure of Melbourne will continue to be conditioned by the changing balance between the opportunities for capital which arise in the course of suburbanisation and the need for the state government and large-scale property interests to maintain a higher rate of investment in the central area.

Bayesian Regression-Based Urban Traffic Models

1998 ◽  
Vol 1644 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc A. Frechette ◽  
Ata M. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Bayesian Regression ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Central Business Districts ◽  
Business District

A Bayesian regression approach is used to develop equations for predicting travel time on central area streets with contributory variables that are intuitive and for which data are readily available in most transportation agencies. In development of multivariate regression models, two disparate sources of information are used: ( a) a priori (what is known before an experiment), and ( b) experimental data (information derived from an experiment). Output of traffic simulation obtained from NETSIM was used as the source of a priori information, whereas the experimental data were obtained from video recordings of traffic operations on selected central business district streets. Bayesian regression software was used in a systematic framework for predictive model development. The developed equations were assessed and results were interpreted from a Bayesian perspective in relation to the various model iterations attempted. The final models provide reasonable predictions of actual travel times that drivers would experience during peak traffic periods in medium to large central business districts.

scholarly journals Factors associated with mobility of the oldest old

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Ribeiro dos Santos ◽  
Diego Giulliano Destro Christofaro ◽  
Igor Conterato Gomes ◽  
Ismael Forte Freitas Júnior ◽  
Luís Alberto Gobbo
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Functional Dependencies ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Limited Mobility

Abstract Introduction: Several factors can be associated to the reduction of mobility among the elderly. Early identification of these factors is crucial, since it may lead to prevention of functional dependencies. Objective: To analyze the association between mobility, sociodemographic factors and the prevalence of noncommunicable chronic diseases (NCDs) in oldest old. Methods: The sample consisted of 120 elderly persons aged (80 and 95 years), with 76 of them being women (83 ± 3 years) and 44 of them men (83 ± 3 years). Sociodemographic factors and NCDs which we studied were: age, gender, marital status, education, nutritional status, ethnicity, hypertension, diabetes and osteoarticular diseases. Mobility was analyzed using a battery of Physical Performance Tests. For statistical analysis we used the chi-square test and binary logistic regression to examine the relationship between sociodemographic factors, NCDs and mobility. SPSS (17.0) software was used for this and the significance level was set at 5%. Results: Level of education (p ≤ 0.001) and age (p = 0.034) are the two factors related to low mobility. However, the model built by multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that age is independently related to limited mobility in oldest old people (OR 3.29; 95% CI 1.09 to 9.87). Conclusion: Thus, oldest old >85 years are at a greater risk of decreased mobility independent of their education, marital and nutritional statuses and gender. We encourage further studies in this area. Studies which will not only address those facts considered in this study but that also examine family-related aspects, especially using longitudinal studies.

scholarly journals Local Power and Its Limits: Three Decades of Attempts to Revitalize Kitchener's CBD

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Filion ◽  
Trudi E. Bunting
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Central Business District ◽  
Local Power ◽  
Business District ◽  
The City ◽  
Partial Implementation ◽  
Political Scene ◽  
Municipal Level

This article which covers thirty years of central-area change in the City of Kitchener, Ontario focuses on the initial impetus that led to the preparation of large-scale plans, on the down-scaling and partial implementation of those plans, and on the current decision-making environment that allows for more public participation than existed in the past. The local political scene was dominated by a well-organized coalition of interest groups promoting urban renewal in the central business district, yet this coalition was unable to achieve its objectives. The situation is attributed to suburbanization and related shifts in political and economic power at the municipal level; the vulnerability of municipal administrations to senior governments' priority changes; tensions within the coalition itself; and the growing empowerment of other local groups unsympathetic to the coalition's goals. Generally, the emphasis is on limitations to the capacity of locally-powerful actors to implement large-scale and long-term policies in a consistent fashion.

The Meaning of Cherished Personal Possessions for the Elderly

1978 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmund Sherman ◽  
Evelyn S. Newman
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Old Age ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Lower Life Satisfaction

An interview survey was conducted with ninety-four elderly persons, sixty-two in community senior service centers and thirty-two in a nursing home, to find out whether aged persons do identify certain possessions as cherished above all others and to see what meaning these possessions had for their later years. It was found that 81 per cent of the sample could quite readily identify a most cherished object. Different kinds of possessions tended to have different meanings and referents in the lives of the subjects. The lack of a cherished possession was associated with lower life satisfaction scores, which suggests that such a lack might be an indicator of poor adjustment to old age.

Validity of the Elderly Behavior Assessment for Relatives (EBAR)

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina Pezzuti ◽  
Caterina Laicardi ◽  
Marco Lauriola
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Good Health ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Behavior Assessment ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
Behavior Rating Scale ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
State Examination

Summary: An Elderly Behavior Assessment for Relatives (EBAR), updating the GERRI ( Schwartz, 1983 ), was administered to relatives (or significant others) of 349 elderly persons, from 60 to over 80 years of age, living at home, in good health and without cognitive impairment. A trained psychologist administered subjects the Life Satisfaction for Elderly Scale (LSES), the Instrumental Activity of Daily Living (IADL), the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and personally answered to an overall elderly behavior rating scale (RA). EBAR items were first examined. The more attractive and less discriminative statements were excluded. A principal components analysis was carried out on the remaining EBAR items. Three factors were extracted. After varimax rotation they were tentatively labeled: Everyday Cognitive Functioning, Depression, and Hostility. Factor-driven EBAR subscales were designed, taking into account simpler items in the factor matrix. Results provide evidence for EBAR construct validity. Everyday Cognitive Functioning is connected to the IADL and the RA scores; Depression is very highly related to the LSES; Hostility is weakly related to RA, IADL, and MMSE, indicating that the scale needs further investigation.

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