UO Ageing and Disability Friendly Environments

Course aim

To understand the impact of natural and built environments on those ageing or living with disablement.

Course content

This course examines ageing and disability friendly design, planning principles, and policy as they relate to the natural and built environments. Students will learn to apply these planning and design principles to analysing; the home, transport and mobility, the workplace, leisure and recreation facilities, and urban spaces.

Textbooks

Dannenberg, Andrew L; Frumkin, Howard; Jackson, Richard J 2011, Making Healthy Places Designing and Building for Health, Well-being, and Sustainability, 1st Edn, Island Press/Center for Resource Economics, Washington, DC

Prerequisites

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching Method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Critical analysis, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4S)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation