Project Title:
Delivering Sustainable Retirement Villages for Ageing Australians
Project Type:
Australian Research Council Discovery Project (DP170101208)
Funding Body:
Australian Research Council
Project Timeframe:
2017-2020
Project Synopsis:
Sustainable development has been embraced to a varying extent by an increasing number of organizations and governments globally. However, the current Australian retirement village industry has been largely static and unresponsive; It has yet to fully meet the challenge presented by the green movement to provide a sustainable living environment for senior citizens. This research aims to explore innovative ways to deliver sustainable retirement villages to better accommodate older Australians and assess its likely significant effects on the growth of retirement village industry in the future. Thus, improving the living environment of retirement villages and contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of older Australians.
Chief Investigators:
- A/Prof Bo Xia (Project lead) (QUT)
- Prof Laurie Buys (The University of Queensland)
