Urbanie & Urbanus

Enhancing Social Participation of Older Adults to Promote Active Ageing in High-Density Urban Communities: A Case Study of Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong

Chenxuan Gu

MSc in Urban Design graduate, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

and  Sylvia Man Ha Chan

Adjunct Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

and  Jeroen van Ameijde

Assistant Professor and Director of the MSc in Urban Design programme at the School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Figure 1. The relationship between socio-physical characteristics places and human responses (source: Nasar, 2015).


Figure 2. Distribution of centres and public housing in Tseung Kwan O (source: authors).


Figure 3. Distribution of facilities in Po Lam Estate (source: authors).


Figure 4. Distribution of facilities in Kin Ming Estate (source: authors).


Figure 5. Places where seniors like to gather in Po Lam Estate (source: authors).


Figure 6. Places where seniors like to gather in Kin Ming Estate (source: authors).


Figure 7. Location of participants in Po Lam Estate (source: authors).


Figure 8. Location of participants in Kin Ming Estate (source: authors).


Figure 9. Condition of current public space facilities (source: authors).


Figure 10. Public spaces with facilities attract seniors (source: authors).


Figure 11. Condition of current seating spaces (source: authors).


Figure 12. Older people watching chess playing (source: authors).


Figure 13. Older people interacting with children after school (source: authors).


Figure 14. Spaces access to nature and landscape (source: authors).


Table 1. Design principles for public spaces for older adults (various sources, compiled by authors).


Table 2. Levels of participation and activities (based on Levasseur et al., 2010).


Table 3. Framework for needs assessment of public space in the context of Active Ageing (source: authors).


Table 4. Personal characteristics of interview participants (source: authors).


Table 5. NVivo showing the number of times that the qualitative data from interviews respond to the nodes (source: authors).


Table 6. Summary of key issues from the interviews and their results and findings (source: authors).