ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Aging and Public Health
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1480485
This article is part of the Research TopicUrban Resilience and Inclusive Development AgendaView all 4 articles
DO ELDERLY STILL CHOOSE COMFORTABLE CITIES? THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND ITS AFFECT ON INDONESIA'S ELDERLY POPULATION
Provisionally accepted
- Airlangga University, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
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Introduction: Maintaining the quality of life for the aging urban population is becoming more and more crucial since this is becoming a global phenomenon. Cities need to be comfortable and accommodate facilities according to the needs of the elderly to support the aging of the urban elderly while improving their quality of life. This paper aims to determine the value of a city's quality of life in relation to its urban facilities and services, as well as to examine the relationship between quality of life and the aging population in Indonesian cities.Methods: This study measures the quality of life using a hedonic model approach, which determines the price of each component of city comfort, both as facilities and services. We also employed an empirical model to investigate the relationship between quality of life and the aging population in Indonesian cities.Results: Our research shows that the majority of Javan cities have high quality of life values because older residents have lived there for a long time, they can access facilities and services that meet their needs as they age. Discussion: The quality of life plays an important role in the number of urban elderly, with health facilities, elderly-friendly transportation, security guarantees, and communication accessibility having a significant effect on the increase in urban elderly in Indonesia. The city governments should provide urban facilities that understand the characteristics and adjust to the needs of the elderly.
Keywords: Elderly, Quality of Life, Cities, Comfortable, Indonesia
Received: 27 Nov 2024; Accepted: 16 Jul 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Rahmah, Hakim, Juansih, Wibawa and Uktutias. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Arif Rahman Hakim, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115, East Java, Indonesia
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