ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to provide planning practitioners with practical insights into how ageing environments can be designed to meet the needs and desires of older citizens. It covers a range of possibilities across different spatial scales, starting with regional integration in Russia and Canada, followed by sustainability planning in Spain and Ethiopia at the city and village scales. The neighbourhood scale discusses centrality in China and Singapore, while the public space scale examines planning for diversity in Japan and Brazil. Finally, the building scale looks at two examples of the role of proximity in promoting healthy ageing, including a social housing complex in Brazil and a portable senior suite in Canada. The presented solutions are based on contemporary ideas within their respective themes and represent diverse countries and continents. It concludes that interdisciplinary insights from a range of backgrounds are essential to driving innovation in the “in-between” space of theory and practice, including training in architecture, urban design, spatial planning, social work, and community development across cultural backgrounds from both the Global North and the Global South.
