The Role of Landscape in Achieving (Ageing in Place) within Multi-Story Housing Projects

Abstract

The world is experiencing an increase in population leading to an increase in the percentage of people over the age of 65 years, so the aging of the population will not be confine to developed countries only, but also to developing countries. During the next five decades, more than 80% of the elderly will live in civilized cities and regions, due to the direct impact of urban areas on the quality of life for older people to spend most of their time in their local neighborhoods, and therefore they are sensitive to aspects related to the urban environment surrounding them. In order to assist the elderly to practice their daily lives in an appropriate way and support their aging in the place, the research will focus on the elderly in multi-story housing projects and how to work on, connecting them with nature within these complexes and help them in the successful completion of their daily activities. To achieve this the concept of (aging in place), will be addressed and given the role of landscape that can play in support of aging in place for the elderly. So the research came to study the possibility of achieving this concept in multi-story housing projects, where the concept of (aging in place), and the possibility of achieving it by landscape. It will be studied through an extensive literature review for addressing a holistic theoretical framework for indicators related to landscape and how they contribute to achieve aging in the place at the level of multi-story housing projects. Finally, the research reach the locally possibility of benefiting from that framework and diagnosing the obstacles to achieve those possibilities to provide landscape that can assist the elderly in multi-story housing projects achieve ageing well in a convenient and comfortable place for this important segment of the society.