Table 1.
Classification of related research regarding their advantages and disadvantages based on their topics.
| Topic | Research paper | Advantages/Disadvantages |
|---|---|---|
| Ageing in place | Pani-harreman, Bours, and Zander (2020) | Highlights the multidisciplinary complexity that entails ageing in place. |
| Might have provided more practical support on ageing for policy-makers. | ||
| Stafford and Gulwadi (2020) | State that habitational resilience links ageing and the built environment. | |
| The concept requires formalising a strategy to improve ageing in place. | ||
| Weil (2019) | Incorporate gentrification of cities into the complexity of ageing in place. | |
| Fang et al. (2016) | Highlights the value of designing sustainable environments for the elderly. | |
| Incorporate community-based participatory research for ageing in place. | ||
| Rodríguez-Rodríguez and Sánchez-González (2016) | Initiatives for policy and practice on ageing to improve quality of life. | |
| Demand specific methodological tools in Mediterranean Europe and Latin America housing environments for the elderly. | ||
| Multidisciplinary assessment of the built environment | Femenías et al. (2018) | Environmental, social and cultural aims from owners for housing renovation. |
| Theoretical reflection on deep renovation works, introducing different levels. | ||
| Kumar et al. (2018) | Identify 7 criteria and 27 variables related to socio-technical perspectives. | |
| Research framework uniquely focused on building renovation in India. | ||
| Garrido-piñero and Mercader-moyano (2017) | Multidisciplinary assessment of eco-efficient actions in social housing. | |
| Users’ demands are not included in the design of renovation interventions. | ||
| Camporeale, Mercader-Moyano, and Czajkowski (2017) | Multi-objective optimisation method for decision-making applied in Spain. | |
| Absence of social patterns for assessing certain renovation works. | ||
| Pombo et al. (2016) | Key methodological aspects of assessment methods in housing renovation. | |
| Multidisciplinary criteria and future prospects on building renovation. | ||
| Social participation – Questionnaires | Tao, Gou, Yu, Fu, and Chen (2020) | Address the aim of designing liveable indoor environments for the elderly. |
| Occupancy survey to assess just thermal, lighting and noise conditions. | ||
| Serrano-Jiménez et al. (2019) | Combine technical diagnosis and residents’ perceptions of decision-making. | |
| Reduced approach on social indexes for the complex building renovation. | ||
| Mujan, Anđelković, Munćan, Kljajić, and Ružić (2019) | Reviews numerous works and affirm the need to carry out participatory surveys to assess indoor environmental quality for health and productivity. | |
| Serrano-Jiménez et al. (2018) | Base the diagnosis according to technical and social results in a survey. | |
| Absence of certain social parameters and attributes for ageing in place. | ||
| Ruza et al. (2014) | Quantify the "age-friendliness" of cities based on the results of a survey. | |
| Application in a single case with users, academics and professional experts. | ||
| Indicators -Decision support systems | Maslesa, Jensen, and Birkved (2018) | Overview of indicator categories that can quantify the building performance. |
| There are no specific approaches to the built environment and the elderly. | ||
| Monzón and López-Mesa (2018) | Different indicators to measure the obsolescence of residential buildings. | |
| Applied in a single study without including social or economic issues. | ||
| Farahani et al. (2018) | Assess and compare the influence of maintenance on building performance. | |
| Unique approach to cost-optimal from a technical point of view. | ||
| Jiao et al. (2017) | Thermal comfort and occupant behaviour of the elderly are quantified. | |
| Study focused on a single country and only on thermal comfort. | ||
| Shooshtarian and Ridley (2016) | Includes users’ perceptions and feelings in outdoor spaces with indicators. | |
| Application study in the educational field but with flexible patterns. | ||
| Nielsen et al. (2016) | Review of decision support tools in building renovation based on six areas. | |
| Demand for new tools with social issues in renovation projects. | ||
| Kovacic et al. (2015) | Renovation strategies considering social aspects and cultural heritage factors. | |
| Particular study in Vienna, not an assessment model that could be replicated. |