The ageing of the world population is one of the significant challenges the world will have to face in the future. To tackle this problem, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has developed the concept of age-friendly environments based on the involvement of older people in decision-making processes in the design of social and physical environments that will enable healthy and active ageing. Based on this concept, the TAAFE project develops a participatory model developing age-friendly environments in the Alpine region. Both projects draw on the eight domains identified by the WHO as key indicators of the quality of life of older people. The thesis aims to determine to what extent older people in Žiri participate in the different domains of age-friendly cities.
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