A team from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs whose project focuses on age-friendly outdoor environments has been awarded an Achievement Award by the American Planning Association.
The UCLA Luskin project was designated as a silver winner in the category: National Planning Achievement Award for a Best Practice. The team is among 12 Achievement Award recipients chosen by a jury of planners as examples of good planning work. The recipients will be recognized at the association's national planning conference, which is set for May 6-9 in New York City.
The project, “Placemaking for an Aging Population,” was led by principal investigator and urban planning professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris. The publication provides guidelines for future parks about how to meet the needs of older, low-income adults living the city. The recommendations were used by designers in the development of the first senior-focused park in Los Angeles, set to open in the fall.
Loukaitou-Sideris, who is also associate provost for academic planning at UCLA, worked on the study with social welfare professor Lené Levy-Storms and Madeline Brozen, associate director for external relations for the UCLA Lewis Center and the Institute of Transportation Studies, and program manager of the Complete Streets Initiative.
More information about the UCLA Luskin project and a list of all 2017 APA award winners may be found here.
