Collaborative Mapping of Urban Spaces for Active Ageing in the City

Nuria Nebot-Gomez de Salazar, Rubén Mora-Esteban, Francisco Conejo-Arrabal, Francisco Chamizo-Nieto, Carlos Rosa-Jimenez

2023

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 from 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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Nebot-Gomez de Salazar N., Mora-Esteban R., Conejo-Arrabal F., Chamizo-Nieto F. and Rosa-Jimenez C. (2023). Collaborative Mapping of Urban Spaces for Active Ageing in the City. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE, ISBN 978-989-758-645-3, SciTePress, pages 208-215. DOI: 10.5220/0011975400003476

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ict4awe23,
author={Nuria Nebot-Gomez de Salazar and Rubén Mora-Esteban and Francisco Conejo-Arrabal and Francisco Chamizo-Nieto and Carlos Rosa-Jimenez},
title={Collaborative Mapping of Urban Spaces for Active Ageing in the City},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE,},
year={2023},
pages={208-215},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011975400003476},
isbn={978-989-758-645-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE,
TI - Collaborative Mapping of Urban Spaces for Active Ageing in the City
SN - 978-989-758-645-3
AU - Nebot-Gomez de Salazar N.
AU - Mora-Esteban R.
AU - Conejo-Arrabal F.
AU - Chamizo-Nieto F.
AU - Rosa-Jimenez C.
PY - 2023
SP - 208
EP - 215
DO - 10.5220/0011975400003476
PB - SciTePress