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Cities against loneliness: understanding, identifying and tackling urban loneliness (in partnership with the City of Barcelona)

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1. Loneliness is...
Objective and can be measured by the size of the person’s social network. A subjective feeling or perception resulting from the discrepancy between the relationships we have and those we would like to have. A complex phenomenon caused by abandonment.
2. Social isolation...
Is the same as loneliness. The two concepts can be used interchangeably. Is characterised by being the sole direct cause of loneliness. Is characterised by a lack or limited existence of lasting interpersonal relationships.
3. Emotional loneliness...
Is a feeling or a subjective response to an absence of intimate personal relationships or bonds. Usually appears when a person first arrives in a place or city. Is characterised by a lack or limited existence of relationships.
4. Social loneliness...
Is the same as social isolation. Is the result of a lack of lasting social relationships. Is the subjective response to the lack or insufficiency of relationships or sense of community.
5. Loneliness risk factors...
Are factors that determine any person’s feeling of loneliness. Can be used to prioritise certain areas of intervention and/or groups who could be at risk of suffering from loneliness. Are sociodemographic variables that determine whether or not a person suffers from loneliness.
6. The feeling of loneliness...
Has nothing to do with a person’s health or quality of life. Can have negative consequences on our mental and physical health. Has no correlation with chronic illnesses.
7. Loneliness...
Is a feeling inherent to human existence that can have an impact throughout the life cycle. Only affects older people. Is linked to age and gets worse as we get older.
8. Barcelona's municipal strategy against loneliness...
Is led by a single department of Barcelona City Council. Has been built across departments and involves the whole municipal organisation. Is a municipal initiative that will come to life in the next three years.
9. How many strategic lines does Barcelona's municipal strategy against loneliness?
Four: awareness-raising, implementation of new projects to tackle loneliness, training for professionals and academic knowledge. Four: awareness raising; deployment of resources and services to prevent, detect and deal with loneliness; restruc- turing of the city, the public space and the community network; and the adaptation of the municipal organisation. Three: awareness raising, training for municipal staff and deployment of new projects.
10. The feeling of loneliness...
Is linked to mortality rates and can even have more of an impact on them than smoking. Does not impact people’s health. Has an impact on people’s health but not enough empirical evidence has been produced to demonstrate this.
11. Traditional gender roles...
Make the risk of isolation higher among women. Influence how children relate to each other. Are a factor that explains why women express their loneliness more than men.
12. By saying loneliness is subjective, we mean...
That we all feel the same thing when we feel lonely. That all individuals experience loneliness. That individual expectations lead us to have different experiences when faced with the same or similar situations.