适应年龄和气候变化的社区:一个灰色-绿色联盟
Holly Dabelko-Schoeny1, Geoffrey D Dabelko2, Smitha Rao1
1College of Social Work, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
The Gerontologist
|October 6, 2023
概括
人口老龄化面临着气候变化威胁. 将气候适应能力纳入适合老年人的社区框架,为全球所有年龄段的人提供了改善可居住性和可持续性的机会.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 城市规划 城市规划
背景情况:
- 全球人口正在老龄化,这与气候变化加速相吻合.
- 气候变化对老年人的健康和福祉构成重大风险.
- 现有的老年友好框架缺乏明确整合气候弹性和可持续性.
研究的目的:
- 在世界卫生组织 (WHO) 的老年友好框架内,倡导一个新的,综合的可持续发展和气候弹性领域.
- 突出结合老年友好和气候弹性倡议的协同潜力.
- 加强本地和全球努力,创造适合老年人,适应气候变化的社区.
主要方法:
- 概念分析和论证的发展.
- 审查著名的老年友好型社区框架,包括世卫组织的全球网络.
- 讨论老年友好原则与气候弹性战略之间的相互依赖.
主要成果:
- 目前世卫组织的老年友好领域 (例如住房,交通,社会参与) 可以通过明确纳入可持续性和气候弹性来加强.
- 结合年龄友好和气候适应性网络,可以促进共同的愿景,扩大集体行动.
- 全球老年友好城市和社区网络,包括51个国家的1445个社区,为这种整合提供了一个平台.
结论:
- 在气候变化中,一个专门的可持续性和气候弹性领域对于真正的老年友好型社区至关重要.
- 整合这些领域可以加强社区规划,行动和全球倡导.
- 这种综合方法促进了所有年龄段的更健康,更宜居的环境,解决了人口变化和环境挑战.
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