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Research Seminar – Built Environment VS. Outdoor Activity: Case Study in Shanghai in the Context of Aging-in-Place
9 November, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Research Seminar
Topic:
Built Environment VS. Outdoor Activity: Case Study in Shanghai in the Context of Aging-in-Place
Speaker:
Yu Yifan
Professor
Department of Urban Planning
Tongji University
Schedule:
Date: 9 November 2016 (Wednesday)
Time: 13:00-14:00
Venue: Room 820, 8/F, Knowles Building, HKU
Abstract:
Faced with the challenge of the rapid growth of aging population, it is essential for the planners and decision makers to get a better understanding on how built environments influences the elderly’s life, and the performance of the current public facilities. The ongoing research has been conducted in Shanghai since 2008, in which two different methods have been applied: 1) field survey of built environment based on community typology; 2) outdoor activity study of aged residents by GPS tracking.
About the Speaker:
YU Yifan is professor of Urban Planning Department in Tongji University, research fellow of University of Paris-Sorbonne. She is founder and director of Aging City Lab, vice president of Shanghai Urban Planning Association, as well as National Building Code committee member of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. YU Yifan obtained the Ph.D from EHESS in Paris on 2003, and was visiting scholar at Harvard University during 2013-2014. Her practice and research are mainly in the field of housing, healthy city and age-friendly city.
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