Active Living by Design: Creating Activity-Enhancing Residential Settings

Craig Zimring; Ruth Dalton; Anjali Joseph; Lauren Harris-Kojetin; Kristen Kiefer

Active Living by Design: Creating Activity-Enhancing Residential Settings

Craig Zimring, Ruth Dalton, Anjali Joseph, Lauren Harris-Kojetin, Kristen Kiefer

School of Architecture and Built Environment

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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.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Atlanta
Publisher	Georgia Institute of Technology
Publication status	Published - 7 Oct 2005

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