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Aging in Place: From the Neighborhood Environment, Sense of Community, to Life Satisfaction

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  • Feiyang Zhang
  • Becky P. Y. Loo
  • Bo Wang

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Aging in place enables seniors to live at home and in their familiar neighborhoods as long as their health conditions allow. To date, few efforts have been made to examine the linkage between the physical and social aspects of the neighborhood environment, the activity-travel patterns, and their overall effects on life satisfaction. Therefore, this study aims to contribute to the existing literature by examining the relationship between older people’s person–environment fit, activity-travel patterns, sense of community, and life satisfaction. Seemingly unrelated regression was applied to analyze questionnaire survey data collected from six community centers for older people in Hong Kong. Using the geographical perspective, the sense of community is further divided into the people and place aspects, with the latter found to have a greater effect on overall life satisfaction. Subjective walkability both directly and indirectly influences life satisfaction. Satisfaction with public transport facilities, health care facilities, and greenery, parks, and promenades indirectly influences older people’s life satisfaction through their sense of community. The percentage of out-of-home activity time spent in the common neighborhood has a strong positive relationship with the sense of community. The findings highlight the importance of high-quality pedestrian infrastructure and public transport facilities in planning for aging in place. After identifying the common neighborhoods, local governments can listen to older people’s needs and make improvements on the infrastructure, services, and facilities in common neighborhoods, as well as the connectivity to these areas.

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  • Feiyang Zhang & Becky P. Y. Loo & Bo Wang, 2022. "Aging in Place: From the Neighborhood Environment, Sense of Community, to Life Satisfaction," Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 112(5), pages 1484-1499, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:raagxx:v:112:y:2022:i:5:p:1484-1499
    DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2021.1985954
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    1. Junyu Lu & Meilin Dai & Fuhan Li & Ludan Qin & Bin Cheng & Zhuoyan Li & Zikun Yao & Rong Wu, 2023. "The Impact of Urban Built Environments on Elderly People’s Sense of Safety and Adaptation to Aging: A Case Study of Three Major Urban Agglomerations in China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-18, July.
    2. Wei Wang & Yun Gao & Adrian Pitts & Lili Dong, 2023. "A Bibliometric Analysis of Neighborhood Sense of Community," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-18, February.
    3. Jingrui Sun & Zhenjun Zhu & Ji Han & Zhanpeng He & Xinfang Xu, 2023. "Influence of the Built Environment on Older Adults’ Travel Time: Evidence from the Nanjing Metropolitan Area, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-19, June.
    4. Elena Pirani & Maria Veronica Dorgali & Valentina Tocchioni & Alessandra Petrucci, 2023. "Living environment and life satisfaction: some insights from Italy," RIEDS - Rivista Italiana di Economia, Demografia e Statistica - The Italian Journal of Economic, Demographic and Statistical Studies, SIEDS Societa' Italiana di Economia Demografia e Statistica, vol. 77(2), pages 110-120, April-Jun.

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