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Abstract
Relocating Elderly Services with GIS: Lucas County, Ohio
Track: Health and Human Services
Author(s): Yu Zhou, Bruce Smith
The spatial distribution of the elderly has experienced a significant change in the past decades. In Lucas County, Ohio, for example, the elderly were concentrated in the downtown area in 1950s. By 2000, the highest percentages of elderly population were mostly distributed in suburban areas. Even though the spatial distribution of older Americans has changed, the location pattern of services has not shifted substantially. In Lucas County, the senior service centers are mostly located in the same places as 30 years ago. In this presentation, the strategies of relocating such services with the use of GIS are demonstrated.
Yu Zhou
Bowling Green State University
Geography
Department of Geography
Bowling Green , OH 43403
USA
Phone: 419-372-7828
Fax: 419-372-0588
E-mail: yzhou@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Bruce Smith
Bowling Green State University
Geography
Department of Geography
Bowling Green 43403
USA
Phone: 419-372-7829
Fax: 419-372-0588
E-mail: bsmith4@bgnet.bgsu.edu