AKTİF YAŞLANMA BAĞLAMINDA YAŞ DOSTU KENT KAVRAMI

Abstract

As a result of factors such as industrialization, urbanization, advances in science and technology are decreasing in the world and life expectancy at birth increases. As a natural consequence of this, the world population is ageing at an increasing rate and the population ratio is increasing. These changes in the demographic structure require the development of global solutions and policies in order to live in a way that is worthy of human dignity. This situation has mobilized many institutions at national and international scale. In the meetings held within this scope, the phenomenon of ageing was handled in a multidimensional way and various decisions were taken to improve the well-being of elderly people. In this context, the Active Ageing Policy Framework was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2002 to support developing countries and to strengthen health and social policies in the ageing world. However, the Age-Friendly Cities (Age-Friendly Cities) Project, which aims active and healthy ageing, has been put into practice, since it is not possible for all individuals in the society to participate effectively and fully in the society without a regulation in environmental architecture. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate age-friendly cities in the context of active ageing. In this context, the ageing population and urbanization issues were primarily discussed. And then the age friendly city concept was explained and age friendly city practice in the world and in Turkey evaluated in the context of active ageing and inferences have been made.