Assessment of the age friendly city indicators in Mashhad focusing on urban managers and the elderly. (22nd September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Johari, Leila; Kharazmi, Omid Ali; Zarghani, Seyed Hadi
• Is Part Of: International journal of sustainable society. Volume 13:Number 3(2021)
• Page Start: 184
• Page End: 202
• Publication Date: 2021-09-22
• Subjects: age-friendly city -- Mashhad -- Iran; Sustainable development -- Periodicals; Sustainability -- Periodicals; Human ecology -- Periodicals; Environmental responsibility -- Periodicals; Sustainable agriculture -- Periodicals; 304.2805
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-2538

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to investigate the age friendly city indicators in Mashhad by using World Health Organization standards and specialised researches done in line with age-friendly city parameters. A quantitative research method was used and 427 questionnaires distributed among two groups of people, urban managers and elderlies. Results show that there is a large gap between the two groups. All the indices are lower than the standards from the perspective of old people and none of them have reached to score of 4 or 5 (Maximum Desirability), while managers believe that they have had the maximum performance and Mashhad is in a suitable and ideal status. As a whole, in the study area, region 10 has had a better condition in line with age-friendly city indicators than regions 1 and 6 except social respect and cultural recreational parameters. Solutions to improve the overall status of Mashhad are presented.