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Table 13 Concepts and Subcategories of Age-Friendly Public Spaces by Interviewees

From: Development and validation of elder-friendly urban spaces questionnaire (EFUSQ)

Category: Place

Category: Process

Functional Dimension

Preference Dimension

Social Dimension

Cultural Dimension

Sense of Belonging

Life Satisfaction

Low density

Proper walking path

Sanitary service

Closeness to home

Easy commute to and from home

Appropriate urban furniture

Safety traffic signs

Establish library for the older people

Chess game

Indoor space Protection from cold

Sporting equipment

Safety

Security

Relatively low population Congestion

Need for space to sit

Need for a hangout

Need for environmental comfort

Need for illuminate (Natural or artificial)

Need for cleanness

Need for tidiness

Need for law and order

Need for calmness

Need to be safe from possible harms due to children’s play

Noise pollution (non-traffic)

Need to separate older peoples’ zone from the children’s game yards

Noise pollution

Need for proper pavement, not slippery

‍Civic misdemeanor, improper behavior

‍Civic misdemeanor, motor-bike in the park

‍Civic misdemeanor, having pets in the park

Need for security (without a police)

Need for security (due to presence of too many rascals)

Need for security (too many open access ways)

Need for security (its generality)

Need for security (for the health of animals in the park)

Need for small convenient stores

Face lifting the old buildings

Need for parking

Weakness in service

Need for sporting and training equipment

Need to reduce the slops

Need to disperse the drug addicts

Need for arbor

Need for traffic control

Need to control the Youths

Green space

Plant and water

Tree

Cosines

Openness

Low enclosure

Spatial variety

Past memories

Traditional design and old moments

Sense of richness in hearing

Presence of artists, poet, Iranian idioms

Public memories (sticking to old names)

Need for space aesthetics

Legibility

Not falling Pavement

Security

Familiarity

No crime

No theft

No graffiti

No incivility

Easy to wayfinding

Order and symmetric design

Good pavement

No slippery Surface

No nuisance

Social interaction

Friends and next of kin

Social wealth

Social strata (good people)

Foreigner hater

No street vendors

Home space satisfaction

Segregated space for female and male

Segregate space for older peoples and house pets

Keep old memories

Old habits

Friendly relations

Social capital

Social relations

Sense of home

Filling required space

Sense of home yard

Sense of calm at home