THE FRIENDLINESS OF THE CITY OF HEREDIA WITH THE ELDERS MEASURED FROM THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
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| Formato: | artículo original |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de Publicación: | 2016 |
| Descripción: | This research analyzes the measurement of the friendliness level of the city of Heredia regarding elders based on four variables: the quality of neighborhoods -understood as the immediate environment of the elderly, quality and access to green areas in the city, access to different parts of the city using public transportation, and access to a some urban services, each measured throughsimple and combined indicators. The results of the research show that the city of Heredia has a barely acceptable friendliness level -with areas of low and medium-friendliness, due to poor access to green areas, high noise levels, high traffic flows, and some services with poor accessibility. |
| País: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Institución: | Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNA |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/8896 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/geografica/article/view/8896 |
| Palabra clave: | Friendliness with the elders indicators access to the city quality of green areas Amigabilidad con los ancianos indicadores acceso a la ciudad calidad de áreas verdes |