MIXING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES IN THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT LEADS TO HEALTHIER, MORE FULFILLED, BETTER CONNECTED AND ACTIVE LIFESTYLES
Irv Katz, senior fellow emeritus at Generations United and former president & CEO of the National Human Services Assembly, said Universal Design should be emphasized in housing units and communities.
A
barrier-free approach is a must for the one in four people that have some level
of disability; it allows comfortable living for people who are aging; and it
creates wide sidewalks and safer streets to cross for young people.
“It creates
access to health and social services; schools, libraries and other public
facilities; as well as commercial development where people work and meet their
daily needs,” he said.
“It would be
cool if planners thought of those elements not as different things, but as
essential parts that must be woven together to create livable small communities
within the big communities.”
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