Development and adjustment of age-friendly city checklists in Korea : Focused on Seoul southeastern four boroughs

The purpose of this study is to develop and adjust the age-friendly city checklist which is applicable to four boroughs in Seoul. The review indexes of the checklist were modified by the eligibility of the age friendly city and the data availability for the four boroughs of the national statistics. The final review indexes are 19 which are 7 indexes for external environment and buildings, 6 for transportation and 6 for housing facilities. Seocho-gu and Songpa-gu were predominant in 3 categories mostly but Gangdong-gu was superior to Gangnam-gu in pedestrian sound signal and urban park spaces. Second, in the transportation aspects, most of Gangdong-gu and Gangnam-gu are ranked high. However, Gangnam-gu was higher than the other three boroughs. Third, in the housing categories, Gangdonggu, Gangnamgu and Seochogu are ranked high in 3 categories mostly, but Gangnamgu showed the lowest value in the home ownership proportion item. The results of the study are expected to contribute to urban management data analysis to prepare for various demands of the aging society in which the elderly population is continuously increasing.