Active Living by Design:Creating Activity-Enhancing Residential Settings

Zimring, Craig and Dalton, Ruth and Joseph, Anjali and Harris-Kojetin, Lauren and Kiefer, Kristen (2005) Active Living by Design:Creating Activity-Enhancing Residential Settings. Georgia Institute of Technology.

Abstract

The focus of this study is to identify planning, programming and design factors in residential settings that encourage people over 50 to remain active, such as site selection, connection to the surrounding community, site design and walking paths, interior layout and circulation and provision of activity spaces, as well as more subtle factors such as overall wayfinding and ambience.