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Valparaiso: Towards a friendly city with the old adult people

Authors

  • Giulietta Fadda Universidad de Valparaíso
  • Alejandra Cortés Universidad Federico Santa María
  • Alessandra Olivi Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Universidad de Valparaíso

Abstract

The present article relates the concepts of quality of life, sustainable city and aging. It shows how certain conditions of the urban habitat affect the quality of life of the oldest group of the population. Some initial results are analyzed, obtained in the field study, through qualitative method Focus Group.

Keywords:

Quality of life, sustainable City, Ageing, Barrio, perception of the elderly

Author Biographies

Giulietta Fadda, Universidad de Valparaíso

Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.

Alejandra Cortés, Universidad Federico Santa María

Carrera de Arquitectura, Universidad Federico Santa María, Chile. 

Alessandra Olivi, Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Universidad de Valparaíso

Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile.