Authors:
Nuria Nebot-Gomez de Salazar
1
;
Rubén Mora-Esteban
1
;
Francisco Conejo-Arrabal
1
;
Francisco Chamizo-Nieto
1
and
Carlos Rosa-Jimenez
2
Affiliations:
1
Deparment of Art and Architecture, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
;
2
Institute for Habitat, Territory and Digitalisation, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Keyword(s):
Active Ageing, Urban Spaces, Healthy City, webGIS Mapping, Information Communication Technologies.
Abstract:
Sedentary lifestyles and physical inactivity affect the health of a large part of the world’s population, being the cause of between 4 and 5 million deaths per year (World Health Organization, 2020). This work aims the creation of a collaborative digital mapping of public spaces which are favourable to increase healthy habits and physical activities for the elderly in the city, as well as its potential as a tool to promote these activities. The webGIS platform used serves as a tool for mapping the location of outdoor places for physical activity and its features. This public participatory geographic information system (PPGIS) provides information that can be consulted and uploaded after registration. It not only provides information about the places where elderly people can do physical exercise, but also to the local administrations about how urban spaces are used and their problems for promoting active ageing. One of the main contributions of this work is the study of urban spaces f
rom a very specific approach: their ability to meet the needs of the elderly and to encourage the practice of physical exercise and relationships with other people. From the methodological point of view, the most innovative aspect is the qualitative work based on surveys and interviews with older people to find out their specific needs and demands regarding public spaces.
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