Sustainable Environment for Elderly People

Georgi Georgiev
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Georgi Georgiev: New Bulgarian University, Department of Architecture

Journal of Economic Development, Environment and People, 2020, vol. 9, issue 1, 17-66

Abstract: The paper is focused on extremely important issue of an aging population and the related need to explore, develop and extend prospective forms of sustainable environment for the elderly. Having in mind the persisting grows of ageing population the task is getting extremely large economic and social effect. Prospective trends in development of manmade environment for elderly people and their relevance to the Bulgarian situation are investigated. The relevance was considered from several points of view – economic, climatic, socio-cultural etc. Selected diploma projects of architecture students from NBU are outlined as good practice examples.

Keywords: accessible housing; old age exclusion; ageing-friendly community; alienation; ageing in place (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R11 R12 R14 R21 R23 R31 R38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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