Planning for an Older and Digital Future: Opportunities and Challenges of Age-Friendly E-Participation in China

Xiaoyu Chen and Maxwell Hartt

Planning Theory & Practice, 2021, vol. 22, issue 2, 191-210

Abstract: The increasing prevalence of e-participation in planning processes risks precluding older adult engagement. Our study calls upon a strategic e-participation framework to explore the opportunities and challenges of older adult e-participation in the most rapidly ageing and digitizing country on earth: China. Through thematic coding of interviews (n = 13) and statistical analysis of questionnaires (n = 120), we find that older age is not inherently a barrier to e-participation. Older adults are willing and interested in certain functions of e-participation, but more attention is needed on age-friendly accessibility, promotion, and design.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2021.1903536

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