고령자의 사회적 교류 증진을 위한 주거지의 사회적 지속가능성에 관한 기초 연구

Abstract

As aging population increasing, isolated phenomenon of older generations has become social problem. Social interaction with other residents in housing environment will be a key-solution to enhance social communication of older generation and improve their quality of life. We focused on the social communication of aging people in their residence as appling the concept of social sustainability. Social sustainability means sustaining social resource of human, like tradition and culture, participation, sharing and equality. This paper aims for derive planning elements of socially sustainable residence to enhance social communication of senior citizens as a basic study. Therefore, we propose 5 indicators of social sustainability, diversity, equality, quality of life, social connection, and democratic decision and participation, in terms of social equality and harmony.