City & Co

We build on the quantifiable spatial indicators’ framework by Davern et al. [2020], which assists the assessment of age-friendly cities using a GIS methodology. In addition, outcomes are superimposed over socio-environmental vulnerability data from the 4 cities through a map overlay approach [Szewrański et al., 2018]. The integrated audit tool was co-created with older citizens from the four cities using multiple co-creation sessions.

Multiple data used in the geoportal were collected through various methods: 1) Quantitative survey data of four AFCCQs, which were translated and validated using the Consensus-based Standards for Selection of Health Measurement Instruments, supplemented by additional questions on sustainability. Data were collected in four cities: The Hague, Kraków, Wrocław and Bucharest; 2) Qualitative pictures and comments tagged to a GPS location taken of public spaces and neighbourhoods by older people in the four cities using the geoportal over a three to six-month period, following the work by Barrie et al. [2019] and a community-based approach where older people are involved as citizen scientists.

A hot spot analysis was made when evaluating the geoportal, showing the results on city maps. In addition, three co-creation sessions in the four cities were conducted, two with older people and one with older people and city workers together, to draft a strategic age-friendly agenda on evidence-informed policy and actions using the data collected in the project as content, resulting in a manifesto, published in four languages.