The emergent issue of Parkstad is shrinkage of the city in results of the transformation from an industry city to its new developments. In contrast to the economic downturn and the decline in total households, the growing number of older people is particularly conspicuous. Aging society is remarked as a worldwide problem especially in Europe. There is 30% of the population in Parkstad is elders and it will grow and stay in 50% in the next coming 15-50 years. Most of the elders(94%) in the Netherlands lived without any caring helpers. Therefore, to explore what kind of place is more suitable for the elderly to become an important question. In the general stereotype of the public, the city is more suitable for youth rather than elders because of the fast lifestyle. As a shrinking city, Parkstad offered new possibilities of a place or lifestyle: lived between urban and rural.
In this Project, the Caring Strategies have two layers: Caring landscape on site for senior elders living environment and a green infrastructure on the urban scale for the ageing process of all-ages residents.