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Ageing Urbanism

The Programme on Ageing Urbanism aims to empower multi-disciplinary research to explore the needs of urban ageing populations, innovate solutions, and share rich frameworks for positive change.
Status

Ongoing

Partners and sponsors

Lee Li Ming

Programme Lead: YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD)
Deputy Programme Lead: YANG Xin (LKYCIC, SUTD)

 

The Programme on Ageing Urbanism aims to bring together a pluri-disciplinary research programme to study population ageing and the city. Ageing is one of the major challenges faced by Singapore and cities around the world. Yet, comparatively little research has been conducted on ageing in the development sphere. This research will analyse and enhance the current understanding of older people’s appropriation and needs in the city, develop innovative designs and solutions to meet those needs, and disseminate theoretically rich but practical and context-specific frameworks for action.

Resources

Browse our resource hub and discover a comprehensive collection of research, case studies, and practical tools aimed at creating inclusive, age-friendly urban environments.
Community Wellness Hub Playbook
The playbook provides a collection of local and international case examples, key principles, strategies and tools to help communities promote healthy living as a way of life within their neighbourhoods.
Notes on Housing
What kind of housing and neighbourhoods will meet our needs as we grow older?
Notes on Recreation
What kind of recreational spaces will increase quality of life as we age?
Notes on Mobility
What kind of interventions can we design to enhance the mobility of an ageing population?
Notes on Age Friendly and Dementia Friendly Cities
How can planning and design strategies help create inclusive neighbourhoods to foster opportunities for active ageing?

Projects

14 result(s)
Benchmarking Healthy Precinct Framework: An International Comparative Analysis of Singapore
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), YANG Xin (LKYCIC, SUTD), TAN Weng Mooi (MOHT)

23 January 2026, ongoing

Benchmarking Healthy Precinct Framework An International Comparative Analysis of Singapore
Ageing with AI
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), CAI Yanjun (LKYCIC, SUTD)

1 January 2025, ongoing

Ageing with AI
Our Place, Vibrant Spaces for East Coast
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), YANG Xin (LKYCIC, SUTD), JOYCE Sam Conrad (ASD, SUTD)

1 September 2024, completed

Our Place Vibrant Spaces for East Coast
Building Child-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), YANG Xin (LKYCIC, SUTD)

1 July 2024, completed

Building Child-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore
An Integrated Socio-Temporal Study of Outdoor Recreation Spaces in Singapore
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), MULLER-RIEMENSCHNEIDER Falk (NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health), PETRUNOFF Nick (NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health), CHAU Yuen (NTU), MULLER-RIEMENSCHNEIDER Falk (NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health), PETRUNOFF Nick (NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health), CHAU Yuen (NTU)

1 April 2022, completed

An Integrated Socio-Temporal Study of Outdoor Recreation Spaces in Singapore
Elderly Life Activity-Space: Environmental, Health and Social Factors Determining Senior Life Spaces in the Community
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), SingHealth, JOYCE Sam Conrad (ASD, SUTD), Duke-NUS Medical School, NUS, GERI, Sengkang Health, SIT, Mobile Market Monitor

2 August 2021, completed

Elderly Life Activity-Space Environmental Health and Social Factors Determining Senior Life Spaces in the Community
AI in Health: Urban Intervention
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), CHEUNG Ngai-Man (Man) (ISTD, SUTD), JOYCE Sam Conrad (ASD, SUTD), COMAROFF Joshua (Yale-NUS)

1 November 2019, completed

AI in Health Urban Intervention
An Evaluation of Dementia Friendly Communities Concept in Singapore
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), LANE Anna (LKYCIC, SUTD)

1 June 2019, completed

An Evaluation of Dementia Friendly Communities Concept in Singapore
Innovative Planning and Design of Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore
YUEN Belinda (LKYCIC, SUTD), HOU Yuting, LANE Anna (LKYCIC, SUTD), WONG Chek Hooi (GERI, AHPL)

15 July 2017, completed

Innovative Planning and Design of Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore
Design for Active Ageing – Walkability and The Built Environment
CHEN Julienne (LKYCIC, SUTD), COMAROFF Joshua(ASD, SUTD)

1 May 2017, completed

Design for Active Ageing Walkability and The Built Environment