ePrints

Avoiding 'bungalow legs': active ageing and the built environment

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Rose Gilroy, Professor Tim Townshend

Downloads

• Accepted version [.pdf]

Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Abstract

Urban populations across the globe are ageing and much debate has centred on what constitutes an ‘age-friendly’ city. Historic environments, for example, often present physical challenges, such as steps and uneven surfaces – while today these are designed out. Smooth level surfaces, automatic doors and elevators to change level, require little exertion. However, has the fact that in order to keep our bodies healthy into older age, a level of physical exertion in our day to day lives is required, been overlooked? Can activity be designed back into environments without undoing the benefits of accessibility and causing harm to others?

Publication metadata

Author(s): Gilroy R, Townshend T

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Urban Design

Year: 2025

Volume: 30

Issue: 2

Pages: 143-152

Online publication date: 25/06/2024

Acceptance date: 31/05/2024

Date deposited: 04/06/2024

ISSN (print): 1357-4809

ISSN (electronic): 1469-9664

Publisher: Taylor and Francis

URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2024.2363826

DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2024.2363826

ePrints DOI: 10.57711/g2ss-e770

Altmetrics

Share