Fan Zhang

Dr. Fan Zhang

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 June 2019 in Habitat International
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FZFan Zhang
Fan Zhang
Dezhi LiDezhi Li
Dezhi Li
SASherry Ahrentzen
Sherry Ahrentzen
JZJiankun Zhang
Jiankun Zhang

3 January 2024 in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
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SZShiyao Zhu
Shiyao Zhu
Haibo FengHaibo Feng
Haibo Feng
Mehrdad ArashpourMehrdad Arashpour
Mehrdad Arashpour
FZFan Zhang
Fan Zhang

24 May 2019 in Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
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Fan Zhang
Dezhi LiDezhi Li
Dezhi Li
SASherry Ahrentzen
Sherry Ahrentzen
Haibo FengHaibo Feng
Haibo Feng

FZFan Zhang
Fan Zhang
Dezhi LiDezhi Li
Dezhi Li
Due to the poor functioning in daily living activities, community-dwelling older adults spend more time in their neighborhood environment. The perceived neighborhood environment is crucial to their quality of life (QoL). To explore the complex influences of perceived neighborhood environment on QoL, a questionnaire was designed to measure their perception of each factor of neighborhood environment and each domain of QoL. Based on collected data, the reliability test was applied to revise the questionnaire. Multiple linear regression (MLR) and structural equation modeling (SEM) were adopted to hypothesize and test the integrated model for community-dwelling older adults. The results show that community-dwelling older adults’ perceptions of neighbor support, facilities related to physical exercise and recreation, and accessibility to facilities impact their overall QoL with diverse coefficients of 0.437, 0.312, and 0.295, respectively; neighbor support (0.207) on physical health; sidewalk condition (0.134), natural environment (0.260), and facilities related to daily life (0.165) on psychological health; and neighbor support (0.298), facilities related to daily life (0.206), and design-related safety (0.225) on social relationship. This revealed that perceptions of neighborhood environment have diverse impacts on their QoL. This study can provide targeted retrofit strategies for communities to enhance QoL of community-dwelling older adults efficiently.

1 September 2021 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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FZFan Zhang
Fan Zhang
ACAlbert P.C. Chan
Albert P.C. Chan
Amos DarkoAmos Darko
Amos Darko
DLDezhi Li
Dezhi Li