Elderly and public spaces : why do some prefer civic initiated public spaces over government initiated public spaces for the elderly?

• Main Author: Ng, Chloe Shi Yuan
• Other Authors: Felicity Chan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Urban sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73695
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite the provision of government initiated public spaces for the elderly, some elderly prefer to congregate and engage in leisure activities in civic initiated public spaces instead. Using qualitative research techniques, this paper seeks to find out why the elderly prefer to congregate and engag...