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: Received: 28 June 2023 / Approved: 28 June 2023 / Online: 29 June 2023 (03:30:54 CEST)
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Musavi, V.; Rakhshani, T.; Firozjaee, S.F.; Asadollahi, A. Spatial Analysis and Evaluation Aging-Friendly City Indicators Using GIS: Study in 8 Districts of Ahwaz City, Southwestern Iran. Preprints2023, 2023062021. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2021.v1
Musavi, V.; Rakhshani, T.; Firozjaee, S.F.; Asadollahi, A. Spatial Analysis and Evaluation Aging-Friendly City Indicators Using GIS: Study in 8 Districts of Ahwaz City, Southwestern Iran. Preprints 2023, 2023062021. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2021.v1
Musavi, V.; Rakhshani, T.; Firozjaee, S.F.; Asadollahi, A. Spatial Analysis and Evaluation Aging-Friendly City Indicators Using GIS: Study in 8 Districts of Ahwaz City, Southwestern Iran. Preprints2023, 2023062021. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2021.v1
APA Style
Musavi, V., Rakhshani, T., Firozjaee, S.F., & Asadollahi, A. (2023). Spatial Analysis and Evaluation Aging-Friendly City Indicators Using GIS: Study in 8 Districts of Ahwaz City, Southwestern Iran. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2021.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Musavi, V., Somayeh Fathtabar Firozjaee and Abdolrahim Asadollahi. 2023 "Spatial Analysis and Evaluation Aging-Friendly City Indicators Using GIS: Study in 8 Districts of Ahwaz City, Southwestern Iran" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202306.2021.v1
Abstract
Objectives: The present study was conducted to evaluate the indicators of the aging-friendly using GIS software in the eight districts of Ahwaz, southwest Iran in 2022.
Materials and methods: this descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 317 older adults by stratified random sampling method. Data collection tools were demographic characteristics and aging-friendly city indicators. GIS methods were used for the spatial analysis and SPSS version 28 software was used to analyze descriptive statistics.
Results: The mean age of the participants was 66.21±6.99 years. Most of the participants in this study were male (53.9%), illiterate (34.7%), married (84.9%) and residents of district 7 (22.1%). The findings of the present study showed that all 8 districts follow spatial autocorrelation and cluster pattern in all components of the aging-friendly city (urban open spaces, intra-urban transportation system, public and religious places and buildings, safety and ease of traffic, social participation and communication, social respect, culture-recreation, health and treatment).
Conclusion: According to the results, the city of Ahwaz is far from the ideal level among the components of an aging-friendly city; therefore, provincial and city officials should pay more attention to these indicators and take more effective steps to increase their quality.
Keywords
Aging-friendly city; Ahwaz; Spatial analysis; Hot spots indicator; Geographic information system (GIS)
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
Copyright:
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