title: [Age-friendly cities, ideals and practice: the experience of Taichung City].
abstract: Many city authorities around the world are enhancing infrastructures and services to make their cities  age-friendly,  a process that aims to make city services and facilities more accessible to an ageing population and increase opportunities available to older residents. The process of creating age-friendly environments is a key challenge for international policy makers. The purpose of the paper is to introduce age-friendly city ideals and practices and share the age-friendly city planning experience of Taichung city.
authors.affiliation: Health Bureau, Taichung City Government, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Ping-Kun
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Mei-Na
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shwu-Feng
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Tsay
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002958:City Planning; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013624:Taiwan