Urban Management that is Friendly to the Elderly in Bangkok Area: Participation is the Heart, the Finish Line is the Elderly
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This academic paper aims to (1) analyze the situation of entering the world’s aging society in Thailand. (2) to analyze the problems of elderly-friendly city management and (3) to present guidelines for elderly-friendly city management in Bangkok by bringing the concept of the elderly elderly-friendly city and policies and cabinet resolutions related to the aging society as a framework for analysis.
The analysis results of the analysis revealed that (1) Asia has the highest number of elderly people in the world, followed by Europe, while Africa is not an aging society. China has the highest elderly population in the world, followed by India, the United States, Indonesia, and Pakistan. Thailand has entered an aged society since 2005 and by 2021 it has entered an aged society completely. In the year 2032, it will fully enter an aging society. (2) The problem of managing a city that is friendly to the elderly is housing, participation in society, social acceptance, local involvement and employment, access to information and communication, community support and health services, external space and building conditions, and mass transit systems and (3) Guidelines for managing a city that is friendly to the elderly are adhere to the principle of participation, make the elderly the center of development and take lessons from success in managing an elderly-friendly city from other cities around the world to apply.
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