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Building Climate Equity: Creating a New Approach from the Ground Up
2015by: Sonja Klinsky, David Waskow, Wendi BevinsThis guide discusses equity and climate change at the global scale and shows why it is relevant to local actors. -
A Blueprint for Changemakers: Achieving Health Equity Through Law & Policy
April 2019This guide shares policy strategies for achieving healthier and more equitable communities. -
The Racial Dot Map
July 2013by: Dustin CableThis interactive map displays one dot per person at the census block level from the 2010 Census and color codes these dots based on race and ethnicity. -
Mapping Displacement Pressures in Chicago
2017This interactive map classifies Chicago neighborhoods as high-risk, moderate-risk, or low-risk for displacement. -
The Los Angeles Indices of Neighborhood Change
2014This interactive map displays an Index of Displacement Pressure and an Index of Neighborhood Change in Los Angeles. -
Worcester, MA, Siting Residential Social Service Programs: The Process and the Options
Report No. 05-04, 2005This report looks at controversies regarding the siting of residential social service programs for those with substance abuse issues. -
A Powerful Measure of Urban Health: the Stroller Index
Governing, April 2013by: Mark FunkhouserThis article proposes that the number of people seen walking with strollers may be a useful way to judge community health. -
Great Places for All Ages
PlannersWeb, September 2013by: Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur, Stuart AndreasonThis article introduces the concept of aging-in-place and describes why it is necessary given current demographic trends. -
Children's Common Grounds: A Study of Intergroup Relations Among Children in Public Settings
Journal of the American Planning Association 69(2): 130-143, 2010by: Anastasia Loukaitou-SiderisThis JAPA article discusses the importance of providing public space for children by looking at four sites that have successfully promoted diversity and intermixing. -
Housing and Family-Friendly Communities
April 2009by: Erica GutierrezThis briefing paper encourages planners to look beyond single-family homeownership when addressing the housing needs of families with children. -
The 8 Domains of Livability: Case Studies
2015by: Natalie Turner, Melissa Stanton, Caroline BergeronThis report includes case studies of programs that address AARP’s 8 domains of livability. -
Making Communities Age Friendly: State and Municipal Initiatives in Canada and Other Countries
Gaceta Sanitaria, 25(2): 131-137, 2011by: Louise Plouffe, Alexandre KalacheThis article tracks the policy and research environment enabling the rapid expansion of the age-friendly communities movement in Canada and elsewhere. -
Measuring Costs and Savings of Aging in Place
Evidence Matters, Fall 2013by: Office of Policy Development and ResearchThis article argues that community-level age-in-place programs may reduce costs for families, heath systems, and local governments. -
Planning Commissioners Can Promote Quality of Life
PlannersWeb, February 2014by: Stuart Andreason, Stuart Andreason, Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur, Jennifer Wallace-BrodeurThis article focuses on the importance of third places on the quality of life of young adults. -
Changing Family Forms
Journal of the American Planning Association, 49(2): 133-137, 2007by: Denise Scott BrownThis JAPA article considers how changing family forms impacts planning and architecture. -
The Case for Age-Friendly Suburbs
Planetizen, April 5, 2013by: Eric Fang, AICPThis blog post explores how suburbs can become more age-friendly by shifting focus from services and amenities to place. -
Does Gender Matter in Planning for Aging
September 2013by: Mildred Warner, Jana Lynott, AICPThis recorded webinar centers gender in the age-friendly communities conversation. -
Diverse Elder Communities, Challenges & Response
June 2012by: Stacey Easterling, Christine Takada, Michael AdamsThis recorded webinar discusses the unique needs of specific populations of older adults, providing more nuance to the age-friendly communities conversation. -
Forging Neighborhoods for all Generations
May 2016by: Mildred Warner, Amanda Micklow, AICP, Melissa StantonThis recorded webinar introduces multigenerational planning as an effective approach to creating age-friendly communities. -
Age-Friendly Communities: Creating a Custom Needs Assessment
December 2015by: Arlene Groh, John LewisThis recorded webinar explains how to create a custom needs assessment to plan for age-friendly communities and highlights Waterloo, Ontario as a case study. -
Creating Aging-Friendly Communities Conference
February/March 2008by: Center for the Advanced Study of Aging ServicesThis recorded conference features a series of presentations from thought leaders on the topic of age-friendly communities. -
Child Care
March 2011by: Kristen Anderson, Mildred Warner, Libby TylerThis recorded webinar highlights the importance of childcare and early education to the social and economic well-being of a community. -
Accessibility and Age-Friendly Communities - Strengthening Local Impact
March 2019by: Alfred Spencer, Cheryl Dillon, Sarah WebsterThis recorded webinar defines what an age-friendly community is and introduces how the concept of accessibility can be applied to planning efforts. -
Age Friendly Communities & Rural America Transportation Challenge
Age Friendly Webinar Series, January 2018by: Laura Mason, Andrew Levack, Amy St PeterThis recorded webinar explores the connections between transportation and aging-in-place in a rural context. -
WHO/IFA Webinar 11 - An Introduction: The Decade of Health Ageing
May 2019by: Mary ManandharThis recorded webinar introduces the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Decade of Healthy Ageing (2020 – 2030) and shares how stakeholders from public and private agencies can work towards achieving the project’s objectives. -
Ontario AFC Interactive Maps
2018by: Seniors Health Knowledge NetworkThese two interactive maps share the progress of the age-friendly communities movement in Ontario, Canada. -
The Aging-Friendly Agenda Part 1
March 2012by: Kathy Sykes, Katherine Clark, AICP, Allen GlicksmanThis recorded webinar discusses Age-Friendly Philadelphia, a research, planning, and policy agenda based on the EPA’s Aging Initiative model. -
Age Strong Roundtable - Full Discussion
November 2015by: Emily Allen, Catherine Godschalk, Scott SporteThis video includes a roundtable discussion about Age Strong, AARP Foundation’s social investment initiative designed to support enterprises that provide services to low-income or otherwise vulnerable older adults. -
The Future of Age-Friendly Communities - Research on Aging
Stein Institute for Research on Aging, November 2015by: Laurence WeinsteinThis recorded lecture defines and discusses the dual concepts of livable communities and livable homes. -
WHO/IFA Webinar 1 - Establishing Age Friendly Environments
February 2017by: Alana OfficerThis recorded webinar introduces the World Health Organization’s Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities & Communities. -
WHO/IFA Webinar 8 - Age-Friendly Europe: Good Practices and Next Steps
May 2018by: Manfred HuberThis recorded webinar tracks age-friendly initiatives in Europe and highlights the benefits of collaboration. -
A Place for Everyone: Age Friendly Communities
March 2010by: Gordon Price, Lewis Villegas, Elaine GallagherThis video includes a roundtable discussion with thought leaders on aging from Canada on how to create age-friendly communities. -
Place Matters: A Two-Generation Approach to Housing
December 2018by: Susan Popkin, Elsa Falkenburger, Sarah HaightThis guide shares how housing organizations can better serve low-income families with children through a two-generation (2Gen) approach. -
The Maine Guide: Building Livable, Age-Friendly Communities
September 2016by: Lori Parham, Patricia Oh, Andrea CooperThis guide draws from age-friendly resources by the World Health Organization and AARP to support local age-friendly community efforts in small and rural communities in Maine. -
Responding to Child Care Facilities: A Practical Guide for City & County Planners
2007by: Gerry Raycraft, Pam Schmidr, Ed BolenThis guide is designed for city and county planners to better understand how the childcare system is operated and regulated in California. -
Organizing your Community for Aging in Place
2018by: National Aging in Place CouncilThis guide explains how NAIPC chapters can mobilize community stakeholders and resources to meet the needs of older adults. -
Planning for Aging-Friendly Communities
2019by: University of DelawareThis guide includes links to descriptions of age-friendly concepts and strategies for local officials in Delaware. -
Jemez Springs, NM, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 2015The village’s comprehensive starts the conversation of creating an age-friendly, lifelong, and livable community. -
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY, Age-Friendly Louisville Strategic Plan
Adopted 2019This functional plan discusses at length the history and methodology of the planning process, including how the plan engages with the area’s comprehensive plan. -
Berkeley, CA, Age-Friendly Berkeley Action Plan
Adopted December 2018This functional plan prioritizes housing and economic security, transportation and mobility, health and wellness, and social participation and civic engagement to create an age-friendly community. -
District of Columbia, Age-Friendly DC
Adopted 2018This functional plan updates Washington DC’s continued effort to become an age-friendly community. -
Biddeford, ME, Age-Friendly Biddeford
Adopted February 2019This functional plan uses the results of a community survey to propose several age-friendly interventions. -
Boston, MA, Age-Friendly Boston Action Plan
Adopted 2017This functional plan includes age-friendly recommendations organized by the WHO’s eight domains of livability that address topics like dementia, economic insecurity, and social isolation. -
Chula Vista, CA, Creating an Age-Friendly City
Adopted July 2018This functional plan includes a robust discussion of community involvement that intentionally includes youth and older adults. -
West Sacramento, CA, Age-Friendly Action Plan
Adopted 2017This functional plan grounds its work and recommendations in the experiences of older adults from the community. -
Matthews, NC, 2018 Age-Friendly Community Action Plan
Adopted 2018This functional plan proposes age-friendly interventions related to housing, outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, and community support and health services. -
Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis for a Lifetime
Adopted November 2016This functional plan adopts housing, transportation, and health and wellness as its three priority areas. -
I Need You, You Need Me: The Young, the Old, and What We Can Achieve Together
May 2017by: Olivia GentileThis report argues for the use of intergenerational programs to combat age-segregation. -
Cities and Ageing
GCIF Policy Snapshot 2, September 2013This report considers the impact that rapid urbanization and aging will have on cities and introduces the Age Friendly City Policy, Planning & Design framework and its indicators. -
Portland, ME, Age Friendly Community Work Plan
2016This functional plan proposes goals, objectives, and actions related to housing, transportation, and health and community services/communication.