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Inclusive Planning for Social Change

Planning for Our Eldest in America's Aging Metropolises

Monday, March 31, 2025
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM CT
Location: 607
CM: .75

    Moderator and Speaker(s)

  • Hart Eidelman (He/They)

    Graduate Student
    University of Cincinnati's School of Planning
    Cincinnati, OH

This presentation focuses on older adults and their quality of life, which can be improved by stronger infrastructure, community cohesion, and opportunities for physical activity. By zooming in on a specific metropolitan or micropolitan region of interest and connecting that to a report of what can be done for the older adults in that region, planners can provide equitable solutions and a more specialized framework for everyone in the area. Tools include a virtual database connected to clickable GIS maps that visually explain how the older adult population has grown in the metro area over time, so planners can better understand that cohort's population trajectory. Find out what to look for in order to make your city or metro region more inclusive for older adults, and pick up tools, tactics, and plans that will help contribute to social change and successful aging on both macro and regional levels.

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Learning Objectives:

  • Discern the differences among small, medium, and large U.S. metropolitan areas, and how those differences contribute to different infrastructure and support networks for the larger communities in those cities.
  • Using census data, describe emerging older-adult population trends in various U.S. regions and specific differences in how older adults are treated regionally.
  • Recommend to local stakeholders how to create and implement changes that foster the growth and health of older adults in all walks of life in their metro area.