ORCID Profile
0000-0003-3451-8425
Current Organisation
University of South Australia
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Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-2012
Publisher: University of Waterloo
Date: 04-02-2012
Abstract: Community connectedness and social networks have established links to positive ageing, health and well-being. However, in much of rural Australia time and distance still exercise constraints on interactions outside of the immediate local environment particularly for older people who may have additional challenges connecting with others because of restricted rural transport options, lack of knowledge and access to new technologies, and physical health limitations. The ‘Linking Rural Older People to Community through Technology’ project is a multi-phase project with people aged 55 years and over living in rural South Australia. This field report presents some short vignettes from the project pilot study of participants’ experiences using different aspects of new technologies to overcome the disadvantages of distance and mobility to enhance their social connections.
Publisher: Ubiquity Press, Ltd.
Date: 2023
DOI: 10.5334/BC.339
Publisher: The University of Adelaide
Date: 2018
Publisher: Ubiquity Press, Ltd.
Date: 24-07-2023
DOI: 10.5334/BC.336
Abstract: High-rise urban development has been controversial for its inability to foster cohesive and flourishing neighbourhoods. A social value perspective can help to better understand and evaluate how new developments in dense urban settings affect places and communities. While the link between wellbeing and social value is well-established in the literature, the question of how design can affect wellbeing and thus contribute to the social value of a development still requires further research and clarification. A better understanding of this relationship can assist architects, developers or consultants during the design process. A review is presented of relevant quantifiable aspects of building design that affect wellbeing in relation to the indoor environment and to social value specifically. A framework for fostering wellbeing is developed to test these aspects and evaluate the indoor environment performance. A case study building is used to analyse the relationship between building design and wellbeing. These lessons can be used to inform and evaluate building design during the design phases to complement the assessment of qualitative factors within a social value framework. Practice relevance This study identifies quantifiable aspects of the indoor environment affecting wellbeing in a high-rise development that can form part of a social value framework. This list of identified aspects provides a useful starting point for architects or consultants to assess designs. The indicators relate to quantifiable indoor environment aspects that can be directly controlled by building design and complement the broader concepts of wellbeing within a social value framework. The paper demonstrates how these aspects can be quantified in a case study mixed-use urban development as part of a post-occupancy evaluation. These quantifiable aspects could be integrated within digital tools to evaluate the building at the design stage to ensure that wellbeing is at the forefront of the project considerations.
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