IMPLEMENTING AN
AGE FRIENDLY STRATEGY
Essential Features of Age Friendly
Cities (WHO)
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Outdoor spaces and buildings
Transportation
Housing
Social participation
Civic participation and employment
Communication and information
Community and health services
Outdoor Spaces and Buildings
• Pavements are non-slip, wide enough for wheelchairs
and have dropped kerbs to road level
• Pedestrian crossings are sufficient in number and
safe for people with different levels and types of
disability, with non-slip marking, visual and audio
cues and adequate crossing times
Transportation
• All city areas and services are accessible by public
transport, with good connections and well marked
routes and vehicles
• Specialised transportation is available for disabled
people
Why this precinct?
• Create a “Heart” for Unley
• Implement Age Friendly
Principle
• Integrated design approach
• Opportunity for Place
Making
• Opportunity for good
design, road safety, land use
and community hub
• Revitalisation of the area
• Economic Development
opportunities
UNLEY CENTRAL
• Councils can integrate age friendly principles in their
activities/ services
• Councils can’t do everything
• Need to be clear about their role, eg service provider,
facilitator, lobbyist, etc
• Partnership approach is powerful