Resumen

SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ, Diego. Environmental context and spatial experience of aging in place: the case of Granada. Pap. poblac [online]. 2009, vol.15, n.60, pp.175-213. ISSN 2448-7147.

The research examines the problems of aging in the living space (housing and neighborhood) for elderly people in the city of Granada (Spain). The methodology is based on the analysis of databases, surveys on elderly people and a geographic information system at district level, neighborhood and urban section. The results indicate that the habitability of the environmental context by the elderly in the city is determined by the space experience, which combines the socio-economic factors (income, housing conditions, equipment) and subjective factors of space (proximity to family and neighbors, sense of place, rootedness). The conclusions warn on the deterioration of the socio-spatial problems of the elderly in the absence of planning gerontology in city.

Palabras llave : elderly people; environmental context; habitability; residential satisfaction; housing; city; aging geography; Granada; Spain.