CannonDesign's plan for Jaypee Sports City features a continuous 10-mile park woven through a dense urban fabric of high- and low-rise developments. This entirely walkable parkland links all the city’s neighborhoods and social amenities. It's an idea that can improve the life and health of any city, says architect Peter Ellis.
Peter
Ellis, an architect and designer of cities and also among the Boomer
generation discusses in his most recent article, “How Boomers Will Shape the
Future of Our Cities,” how the Boomers will have an impact on the quality of
lives and human longevity through reclaiming the public realm in existing
cities.
"Brian Kennedy, President and CEO of
the Buck Institute for Research on Aging in
Novato, California states, “We will be able to give many people an extra decade
of good health, based on what we are able to do in the lab now.” The primary
triggers for most disease can be controlled, enabling people to remain
productive well into their eighties, nineties, and beyond. How will this “revolution”
in human longevity impact our cities? The quality of our lives depends, of
course, on more than the latest advances in biomedical research. We now
understand that our physical environment and our behavior are the root cause of
many of our chronic diseases. This growing awareness underlines our demand for
sustainable communities, which support an active and healthy lifestyle." - How Boomers Will Shape the Future of Our Cities
Taken
together, the Boomer and Millennial generations generally comprise half the
population of a typical city. United, we will be a powerful force for change in
our cities.
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