Sustainability in Aging - Challenges and Opportunities for an Integrated Society

This book offers multidisciplinary perspective on the dynamic process of aging proposing strategies for developing more functional ageing societies. Gathering revised and expanded papers presented at the 3rd Congress of the Interdisciplinary Research Unit On Building Functional Ageing Communities , organized by the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, this book addresses the multidimensional aspects of sustainability in aging, exploring the environmental, health, social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions. Each chapter presents new perspectives that should help to understand the phenomenon of population aging in the context of sustainability and contribute to the promotion of Active and Healthy Aging that is also Sustainable. This book is aimed at a wide range of professionals concerned with aging and sustainability and the and the development of more sustainable and functional societies.

List of contents

POPULATION AGEING AND URBANISATION CREATING SUSTAINABLE AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES.- Towards an Age-Friendly Neighbourhood Index in a Changing Climate a methodological contribution.- Think Again About Aging and Longevity.- Interactive musical games action research with a group of elderly people.- Affect activism performative interview and impact evaluation A case study with women seniors at Mnemosyne artistic project.

Summary

This book offers multidisciplinary perspective on the dynamic process of aging proposing strategies for developing more functional ageing societies. Gathering revised and expanded papers presented at the 3rd Congress of the Interdisciplinary Research Unit “On Building Functional Ageing Communities” , organized by the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, this book addresses the multidimensional aspects of sustainability in aging, exploring the environmental, health, social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions. Each chapter presents new perspectives that should help to understand the phenomenon of population aging in the context of sustainability and contribute to the promotion of Active and Healthy Aging that is also Sustainable. This book is aimed at a wide range of professionals concerned with aging and sustainability and the and the development of more sustainable and functional societies.

Product details

• Assisted by: Lucinda Sofia A. Carvalho (Editor), Marisa de Jesus Candeias (Editor), Maria João Guardado Moreira (Editor), Helena MargaridaTomás (Editor), Ângela Simões (Editor), Ângela Simões et al (Editor), Lucinda Sofia A Carvalho (Editor), Helena Margarida Tomás (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 29.11.2025
• EAN: 9783031772818
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3177281-8
• No. of pages: 686
• Illustrations: XIII, 686 p. 102 illus., 80 illus. in color.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Bioengineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; Bevölkerung und Demographie, Altersgruppen und Generationen, Active Aging, Community Development, Aging Population, Medical and Health Technologies, Inclusion of the Elderly, Health Care Accessibility, Perceived Health, Age.Comm, Aging Communities, Understanding Population Aging, Sociodemographic Characteristics, Healthy Ageing