Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (eBook, ePUB)

A Global Perspective
Redaktion: Buffel, Tine; Phillipson, Chris; Handler, Sophie

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As the drive towards creating age-friendly cities grows, this important book provides a comprehensive survey of theories and policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people living in urban areas. In this book, part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, leading international researchers critically assess the problems and the potential of designing age-friendly environments. The book considers the different ways in which cities are responding to population ageing, the different strategies for developing age-friendly communities, and the extent to which older people themselves can be involved in the co-production of age-friendly policies and practices. The book includes a manifesto for the age-friendly movement, focused around tackling social inequality and promoting community empowerment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Policy Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781447331353
• Artikelnr.: 50865311

Autorenporträt

Tine Buffel is a research fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester. She has published extensively on age-friendly issues and the impact of urban change and community life in old age. Sophie Handler is an urban researcher currently working together with the University of Manchester and Age-friendly Manchester to help develop its Age-friendly strategy. She is the author of the Alternative Age-friendly Handbook. Chris Phillipson is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester. He has published a number of general books in the field of ageing as well as a number of papers on age-friendly issues.

Inhaltsangabe

Part One:Age-friendly cities and communities; background, theory and
development Introduction ~ Tine Buffel, Sophie Handler and Chris
Phillipson; The development of age-friendly cities and communities ~
Samuèle Rémillard-Boilard; Neighbourhood change, social inequalities and
age-friendly communities ~ Fleur Thomése,Tine Buffel and Chris Phillipson;
Addressing erasure, microfication and social change: age-friendly
initiatives and environmental gerontology in the 21st century ~ Jessica A.
Kelley, Dale Dannefer and Luma Issa Al Masarweh; Part Two: Case studies
from Europe, Asia and Australia; Age and gentrification in Berlin: urban
ageing policy and the experiences of disadvantaged older people ~ Meredith
Dale, Josefine Heusinger and Birgit Wolter; Towards an "active caring
community" in Brussels ~ An-Sofie Smetcoren, Liesbeth De Donder, Daan
Duppen, Nico De Witte, Olivia Vanmechelen and Dominique Verté; Exploring
the age-friendliness of Hong Kong: opportunities, initiatives and
challenges in an ageing Asian city ~ David Phillips, Jean Woo, Francis
Cheung, Moses Wong and Pui Hing Chau; Creating an age-friendly county in
Ireland: stakeholders' perspectives on implementation ~ Bernard McDonald,
Thomas Scharf and Kieran Walsh; Implementing age-friendly cities in
Australia ~ Hal Kendig, Cathy Gong and Lisa Cannon; Part Three:
Age-friendly policies, urban design and a manifesto for change; From
representation to active ageing in a Manchester neighbourhood: designing
the age-friendly city ~ Stefan White and Mark Hammond; Alternative
age-friendly initiatives: redefining age-friendly design ~ Sophie Handler;
Developing age-friendly policies for cities: strategies, challenges and
reflections ~ Paul McGarry; The age-friendly community: a test for
inclusivity ~ Sheila Peace, Jeanne Katz, Caroline Holland and Rebecca L.
Jones; Age-friendly cities and communities: a manifesto for change ~ Tine
Buffel, Sophie Handler and Chris Phillipson.