PERCEIVED ACCESSIBILITY. VIEWING ACCESSIBILITY THROUGH THE EYES OF SENIORS IN APELDOORN
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2019-10-23
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People imminently become less mobile as they grow older, which influences their mobility as well as their accessibility overall. In Apeldoorn, the population of seniors is fast growing, which produces new challenges for the municipality as they wish to keep all of their citizens included in society. When planning for accessibility, it is important to keep in mind the needs and wishes of those you are planning for. Research has concluded that experts prioritise different needs for seniors than seniors do for themselves, indicating that seniors are not fully understood in what they want and need. Using the experiences and perceptions of seniors, this study has explored those preferences, wishes and their abilities to gain an understanding of which indicators are actually important to seniors when thinking about the accessibility of a location. At the end of this research it has become clear that seniors in Apeldoorn are predominantly positive about their own accessibility, especially because they overcome most of the barriers they face by switching the mode of transport they are using. The indicators that have come forward as important do not only influence their perception of accessibility directly, but are interconnected, strengthening and weakening each other
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen