Ageing in urban neighbourhoods

This book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods, offering a re-conceptualisation of environmental gerontology. The author examines new research, challenging the common view that ageing 'in place' is optimal, particularly within areas that present multiple risks to the individual.

About the author

Allison Smith is a policy advisor for the Social Exclusion Task Force in the Cabinet Office, London. Allison has previously worked as a policy advisor for the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit and as a researcher on the Economic and Social Research Council's Growing Older Programme examining the quality of life and social exclusion of older people living in three English cities.

Summary

This book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods, offering a re-conceptualisation of environmental gerontology. The author examines new research, challenging the common view that ageing 'in place' is optimal, particularly within areas that present multiple risks to the individual.

Product details

• Authors: Allison Smith, Allison E. Smith, Allison E. (Policy Advisor Smith
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781847422705
• ISBN: 978-1-84742-270-5
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 438 g
• Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse Series; Ageing and the Lifecourse; Ageing and the Lifecourse Series; Ageing and the Lifecourse
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories