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Walkability for Active Aging: Factors and Features for an Adapted Trip Planning

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Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing & Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2023) (UCAmI 2023)

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Mobility, especially walking, is crucial for older adults’ independence, social engagement, and overall well-being. Walkability encompasses safe, accessible, and pleasant environments that enhance mobility and foster social interactions. While various mobility factors assess urban pedestrian-friendliness, they are rarely integrated into trip planning tools for older adults. Therefore, we study the significance of these factors within the context of older adults living in a medium-sized Canadian city. We combine a comprehensive literature review with workshops and interviews involving older adults to study the mobility factors and develop a web-based trip planning tool. We operationalize and measure walkability factors to understand older adults’ specific requirements and preferences. This study enabled us to identify crucial walkability factors and demonstrates how these factors can be integrated into a multicriteria optimization algorithm to create a trip planning tool for older adults.

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    Mobilainés is a French contraction of “mobilité” (mobility) and “ainés” (older adults).

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  1. AMbient Intelligence Lab, Département Informatique, Faculty of Science, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

    Sahar Tahir & Bessam Abdulrazak

  2. Research Center on Aging, Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l’Estrie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

    Sahar Tahir, Bessam Abdulrazak, Dany Baillargeon, Catherine Girard & Véronique Provencher

  3. Department of Communication, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

    Dany Baillargeon

  4. School of Rehabilitation, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

    Catherine Girard & Véronique Provencher

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Tahir, S., Abdulrazak, B., Baillargeon, D., Girard, C., Provencher, V. (2023). Walkability for Active Aging: Factors and Features for an Adapted Trip Planning. In: Bravo, J., Urzáiz, G. (eds) Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing & Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2023). UCAmI 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 835. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48306-6_17

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