Livable Communities for Aging Populations Urban Design for Longevity

Written by an architect with Duany Plater-Zyberk with expertise in design for an aging society, this is a guide to urban planning and urban design solutions to accommodate the needs of a population aging in place in both existing and new communities of various scales. Complete with case studies of successful communities, the book shows how--through (social, economic, transportation, and public health) policy, land use, and urban design decisions--a community can allow for residents to age in place gracefully.

M. Scott Ball is an Atlanta-based architect and senior project manager for Duany Plater-Zyberk Company (DPZ). He was previously involved in numerous hurricane recovery housing efforts and the creation of Louisiana's The Road Home and Mississippi Home Again programs. Ball was also co-executive director of the Community Housing Resource Center in Atlanta and served as president of the Association for Community Design, a national network of community design associations.