An alternative way to promote our built environment : more reasonable way to realize the Baby Boomers’ urban living

Calculating the numbers of people, their age, and income demographic in our future not only gives the idea of how people’s lifestyle will change, but also provides a clue of how planners should prepare the future. In this perspective, planners should pay close attention to any possible changes in de...

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Main Author: Kim, Hwan Yong, active 2008
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling ndltd-UTEXAS-oai-repositories.lib.utexas.edu-2152-225262015-09-20T17:19:02ZAn alternative way to promote our built environment : more reasonable way to realize the Baby Boomers’ urban livingKim, Hwan Yong, active 2008Urban planningBaby BoomersDemographic changeInfill DevelopmentNew UrbanismCalculating the numbers of people, their age, and income demographic in our future not only gives the idea of how people’s lifestyle will change, but also provides a clue of how planners should prepare the future. In this perspective, planners should pay close attention to any possible changes in demographic profile. By closely researching the cause and effect of the changes, they are able to be more responsible to the future and design an environment that better meets the needs of the population. According to many researches about population projection, we will experience a significant shift in population pyramid and this can be traced to the Baby Boomer generation’s aging. This report starts with connecting the population change to the recent development theories in urban planning and design field. To make our living environment better, and to make the urban theories, such as Infill Development, or New Urbanism, more sustainable, I think the development patterns should be more flexible to reflect our future demographic changes. By doing so, we will be able to maximize the advantages of those theories and make our built environment more sustainable stage.text2013-12-04T20:12:30Z2013-12-04T20:12:30Z2008-052013-12-04Thesiselectronichttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/22526engCopyright is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.Restricted
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topic Urban planning
Baby Boomers
Demographic change
Infill Development
New Urbanism
spellingShingle Urban planning
Baby Boomers
Demographic change
Infill Development
New Urbanism
Kim, Hwan Yong, active 2008
An alternative way to promote our built environment : more reasonable way to realize the Baby Boomers’ urban living
description Calculating the numbers of people, their age, and income demographic in our future not only gives the idea of how people’s lifestyle will change, but also provides a clue of how planners should prepare the future. In this perspective, planners should pay close attention to any possible changes in demographic profile. By closely researching the cause and effect of the changes, they are able to be more responsible to the future and design an environment that better meets the needs of the population. According to many researches about population projection, we will experience a significant shift in population pyramid and this can be traced to the Baby Boomer generation’s aging. This report starts with connecting the population change to the recent development theories in urban planning and design field. To make our living environment better, and to make the urban theories, such as Infill Development, or New Urbanism, more sustainable, I think the development patterns should be more flexible to reflect our future demographic changes. By doing so, we will be able to maximize the advantages of those theories and make our built environment more sustainable stage. === text
author Kim, Hwan Yong, active 2008
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title An alternative way to promote our built environment : more reasonable way to realize the Baby Boomers’ urban living
title_short An alternative way to promote our built environment : more reasonable way to realize the Baby Boomers’ urban living
title_full An alternative way to promote our built environment : more reasonable way to realize the Baby Boomers’ urban living
title_fullStr An alternative way to promote our built environment : more reasonable way to realize the Baby Boomers’ urban living
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