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Do gardens matter? The role of residential outdoor space
— researching how the design of streets and neighbourhoods can make a difference to older people's wellbeing and quality of life | | Corporate Author | I'DGO (Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors); University of Warwick |
| Publisher | I'DGO (Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors); University of Warwick, [Edinburgh], [ 2010 ] |
| Pages | 16 pp |
| Source | http://www.idgo.ac.uk/useful_resources/publication... |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Amenities ; Design ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | There is growing evidence that well-designed open spaces can enhance the long-term health and well-being of those who use them regularly. I'DGO (Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors) was a research project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which ran from 2003 until 2013. It explored if, and in what way, the ability to get out and about impacts on older people's quality of life, and what barriers there are to achieving this day-to-day. I'DGO was based in three academic research centres: OPENspace (www.openspace.eca.ac.uk), the research centre for inclusive access to outdoor environments based at Edinburgh College of Art, the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University; WISE (Wellbeing in Sustainable Environments) a research unit based within the School of Health and Social Studies and School of Engineering at the University of Warwick (www.tinyurl.com/2wsx7xx); and SURFACE Inclusive Design Research Centre at the University of Salford (www.surface.salford.ac.uk). This publication outlines findings from the first phase of I'DGO, which involved 770 people aged 65+ and demonstrated the importance of outdoor environments in people's lives. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160322003 P |
| Classmark | RH: R8: 33: F:59: D:F:5HH: 3A:6KC * |
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