... the concept. Through that, a large volume of bibliographic materials was scanned, and a limited number of documents have been reviewed and critiqued. The documents have been selected from varied disciplines, including social infrastructure, quality of life, social sustainability, urban sociology, housing...

... that consist of both indoor settings (i.e. individual unit flats) and outdoor settings (i.e. common areas like lobby and corridor). The effect of indoor environment on the quality of life of the older people has been investigated, while this paper aims to examine the different effect of common areas...

...Lee H. Fisher; David John Edwards; Erika Anneli Pärn; Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact that building design has upon the quality of life for residents of a care home who have dementia. To present a balanced perspective, carers within the care home also...

...Mei-yung Leung; Ibukun Oluwadara Famakin; Paul Olomolaiye Purpose Quality of life (QoL) for elderly residents of care and attention (C&A) homes has become an important consideration, given the increasingly aging population. Due to the number of hours such residents spend indoors, the quality...

...Mei-yung Leung; Jingyu Yu; Hoyan Chow Purpose The aging population is growing rapidly, causing significant increases in the demand for public housing. Normally, the elderly rely heavily on the facilities available in their living environment to maintain their quality of life (QoL). However, most...

... households and then randomly selected an eligible respondent within each selected household. Trained interviewers conducted the surveys in the three cities. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Surveys Buildings Design and development Quality of life China Shanghai, located...