노인의 관점에서 본 근린환경 디자인의 접촉만남 지원정도 - 대도시와 중소도시를 중심으로 -

Abstract

As our society is becoming to aging society, the consideration of old residents in our neighborhood environments is also important. This study was intended to evaluate the neighborhood environments in aspects of supportiveness of contact and meeting of their residents. The subject were 310 old residents who lives in the metropolitan city and the small and medium-sized city. They answered 60 elements of neighborhood environments which support contact and meeting of residents including old ones. As the results were as follows : The supportiveness of contact and meeting of residents in neighborhood environments was not high. The supportiveness of contact and meeting in the cultural and educational area and parking and green area in the metropolitan city were higher than the small and medium-sized city. However, in case of health and medical area, pathway, and public traffic, the small and medium-sized city were higher than the metropolitan city.