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This archived Paleoclimatology Study is available from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), under the World Data Service (WDS) for Paleoclimatology. The associated NCEI study type is Paleoceanography. The data include parameters of paleoceanography with a geographic location of Southern Ocean. The time period coverage is from 59000000 to 5000000 in calendar years before present (BP). See metadata information for parameter and study location details. Please cite this study when using the data. 

In spite of much prior work, the design of city services remains the purview of designers and city governments. We examine one community in a city, the elderly, to understand how their value priorities influence their use of city services. Following a semi-structured approach, interviews were conducted with elderly individuals to understand their use of city services. The data analysis consisted of open coding, followed by structuring the findings in light of prior work. The analyses showed that three value priorities influenced the use of citizen services by the elderly community. These were: safety, social interaction and volunteering. These value priorities persisted as important considerations for the design of new services. However, the respondents were not able to articulate specific opportunities for design or improvement of services. The identification of value priorities may, however, provide pointers that the designers can use to derive requirements for new citizen services. The findings contribute to a better understanding of how value priorities of individuals and communities influence the use of city services.