A Planning Support System for Monitoring Aging Neighborhoods in Germany
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Demographic Indicators and Walkability Assessment
2.2. From Case Studies to Monitoring
2.3. Data for Research on Transforming Neighborhoods
3. Results
3.1. Implemented Indicators
3.2. System Architecture
3.3. User Workflow
3.3.1. Data Importing
3.3.2. Data Processing
3.3.3. Visualization
3.4. User Application
4. Discussion
4.1. Indicators—From Islands to Bridges
4.2. Architecture and Software Development
4.3. Convincing Stakeholders of the Need for Monitoring
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Demography Indicator 1 | Demography Indicator 2 | Location Quality Indicator |
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Decreasing duration of residence | High share of elderly | Insufficient supply situation |
Increasing fluctuation | Increasing share of elderly | Low property prices |
Indicator | Source Data Set |
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Mean Age | Population register (master data) |
Median Age | Population register (master data) |
Greying Index | Population register (master data) |
Billeter-J | Population register (master data) |
Child Dependency Ratio | Population register (master data) |
Aged Dependency Ratio | Population register (master data) |
Total Dependency Ratio | Population register (master data) |
Population Distribution (by age) | Population register (master data) |
Immigration Rates | Population register (transactional data) |
Emigration Rates | Population register (transactional data) |
Net Migration | Population register (transactional data) |
Fluctuation | Population register (transactional data) |
Length of Stay | Population register (transactional data) |
Remanence Building | Population register (master data) |
Elderly-WS | OSM, Digital Terrain Model (1 meter) |
Land and Real Estate price | Zones of standard land values |
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Schaffert, M.; Warch, D.; Müller, H. A Planning Support System for Monitoring Aging Neighborhoods in Germany. Geomatics 2024, 4, 66-80. https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics4010004
Schaffert M, Warch D, Müller H. A Planning Support System for Monitoring Aging Neighborhoods in Germany. Geomatics. 2024; 4(1):66-80. https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics4010004
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchaffert, Markus, Dominik Warch, and Hartmut Müller. 2024. "A Planning Support System for Monitoring Aging Neighborhoods in Germany" Geomatics 4, no. 1: 66-80. https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics4010004
APA StyleSchaffert, M., Warch, D., & Müller, H. (2024). A Planning Support System for Monitoring Aging Neighborhoods in Germany. Geomatics, 4(1), 66-80. https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics4010004