Site Planning and Design for the Elderly: Issues, Guidelines, and Alternatives - Diane Y. Carstens - Hardcover

Diane Y. Carstens, is a Vice President of Planning and Design for GSI of Santa Monica, California. Presently studying the use of urban public spaces by the elderly, Carstens is organizing an Area Network on Design and Environmental Issues for the Aging. Ms. Carstens has taught design for the aging at the University of Maryland and has recently completed an extensive inventory of senior housing in California. Working with the Housing Research and Development Program at the University of Illinois, she has evaluated and developed design and management improvement programs for independent as well as congregate facilities. She has contributed a chapter on housing for seniors to People Places, a forthcoming book on the design of urban spaces, and has published numerous research papers on design evaluation. Her study of the relationships between the design and use of midrise housing for seniors earned an award from the Environmental Design Research Association, and her work has been recognized by the Illinois chapter of the American Society of Landscape ArchitectsCarstens, Diane Y. is the author of 'Site Planning and Design for the Elderly: Issues, Guidelines, and Alternatives - Diane Y. Carstens - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780442217686 and ISBN 0442217684.