1. Elderly Sustainable Mobility: Scientific Paper Review
- Author
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Kaniz Fatima, Sara Moridpour, Chris De Gruyter, and Tayebeh Saghapour
- Subjects
Residential location ,Population ageing ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Population ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,TJ807-830 ,02 engineering and technology ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,TD194-195 ,elderly ,Renewable energy sources ,elderly accessibility index ,ComputerApplications_MISCELLANEOUS ,0502 economics and business ,Elderly people ,GE1-350 ,Mode choice ,education ,Private transport ,050210 logistics & transportation ,education.field_of_study ,Public economics ,Environmental effects of industries and plants ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,05 social sciences ,021107 urban & regional planning ,elderly transport accessibility ,social sciences ,humanities ,mobility ,Environmental sciences ,elderly active transport ,Dominance (economics) ,Public transport ,elderly sustainable transport ,Business - Abstract
The number of elderly people as a proportion of the world’s population is growing significantly. Special attention to the accessibility and mobility requirements of this group is needed. The contribution of this paper is a review of travel patterns, mode preferences, infrastructure solutions, accessibility indices, mode choice models and datasets as they relate to elderly mobility. Key findings highlight the role of residential location characteristics in shaping elderly travel patterns, helping to explain why research on elderly travel has largely relied on case studies to date. The review also summarizes a range of indices that have been developed to measure public transport and walking accessibility among the elderly, including distance and time-based methods. Future research should consider the dominance of private transport in facilitating elderly mobility and its implications for cities experiencing an aging population.
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- 2020