Ageing in Place in Urban Environments - Critical Perspectives

Ageing in Place in Urban Environments considers together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side and urbanisation on the other.

List of contents

Part 1: Critical perspectives on ageing in place in urban environments: Background, theory and development 1. Introduction: Ageing in place in urban environments 2. Population ageing and urbanisation: Developing age-friendly cities 3. Urbanisation, inequality and community: Experiences of ageing in place 4. Ageing in neighbourhoods undergoing urban change: Experiences of gentrification in later life 5. Experience of ageing in place among ageing migrants living in urban neighbourhoods 6. Growing older in ‘extreme cities’: The impact of climate change Part 2: Re-building urban communities for ageing populations 7. The role of social infrastructure as centres of community life in supporting ageing in place in cities 8. Enacting ‘agency’ through place-making and activism: Older people as local agents of urban change 9. Towards a collaborative urbanism: Building collective organisations for later life 10. Ageing populations and urban communities: An agenda for change

Summary

Ageing in Place in Urban Environments considers together two major trends influencing economic and social life: population ageing on the one side and urbanisation on the other.

Product details

• Authors: Tine Buffel, Tine (University of Manchester Buffel, Chris Phillipson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.07.2023
• EAN: 9781032134666
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3213466-6
• No. of pages: 202
• Series: Aging and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Population & demography, Population and Demography, Urban communities