Efforts to create age-friendly cities progressively intersect with goals for environmental sustainability. The older people's beliefs, behaviours and financial aspects regarding environmental sustainability in their lives are an understudied topic and not well understood. Therefore, a representative survey was conducted using the psychometrically sound and comprehensive SustainABLE-16 Questionnaire. A total of 388 respondents, who were community-dwelling older people in The Hague, filled out the survey completely. Overall, the mean scores on the SustainABLE-16 for finance- and environment-driven pro-environmental behaviours, beliefs and the financial position among older people were positive for all districts of The Hague. Using the outcomes of the survey, a total of six unique typologies were identified through a two-step process combining hierarchical and -means cluster analyses. These six typologies are 1 the staunch non-believers, 2 the finance-driven non-believers, 3 the everyday individuals, 4 belief-driven people with limited financial resources, 5 believing non-responders, 6 the affluent and engaging people. These six typologies each require different approaches from policymakers. Sustainability-related policies should ideally focus on groups with high scores for pro-environmental behaviours but who have shortcomings in knowledge how to improve one's everyday lifestyle and groups who lack the necessary financial means to live a more sustainable life.

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揭示老年人对建筑环境的可持续思维：通过综合调查确定六种类型

创建老年友好型城市的努力逐渐与环境可持续性目标相交叉。老年人对生活中环境可持续性的信念、行为和财务方面是一个尚未得到充分研究和充分理解的话题。因此，我们使用心理测量学上合理且全面的 SustainABLE-16 问卷进行了一项代表性调查。共有 388 名海牙社区老年人受访者完整填写了调查问卷。总体而言，海牙所有地区的老年人在金融和环境驱动的环保行为、信念和财务状况方面的 SustainABLE-16 平均得分均为正值。根据调查结果，通过结合层次分析和均值聚类分析的两步过程，总共确定了六种独特的类型。这六种类型是：1 坚定的非信徒，2 金融驱动的非信徒，3 日常个体，4 财力有限的信仰驱动的人，5 相信的非回应者，6 富裕且有魅力的人。这六种类型分别需要政策制定者采取不同的方法。理想情况下，与可持续发展相关的政策应重点关注在环保行为方面得分较高但在如何改善日常生活方式方面知识不足的群体，以及缺乏必要经济手段来过上更可持续生活的群体。