Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities

Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6855-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 266 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Building on an interdisciplinary approach, this book will be relevant to students and scholars in fields ranging from sociology and gerontology to human geography, anthropology, public health, planning, housing, architecture, nursing, social work, social policy, and public governance. The book will also be of particular interest to all those who are searching for innovative and participatory ways to improve the lives of older people living in cities. It will provide innovative theoretical tools for understanding urban ageing issues, as well as key policy messages and practical guidance relevant to policymakers, policy analysts, city administrations, urban planners, business leaders, community developers, leaders of non-governmental and community-based organisations, place-makers, activists, and all those interested in creating a better, and more sustainable, urban future for all.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buffel, Tine

Doran, Patty

Yarker, Sophie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Alterssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I Background to urban ageing and spatial justice

1. A spatial justice approach to urban ageing research - Tine Buffel, Sophie Yarker and Patty Doran

2. Developing age-friendly cities and communities: an international perspective - Samuèle Rémillard-Boilard and Patty Doran

3. Developing age-friendly policies for cities and city-regions during austerity, COVID-19 and beyond: strategies, challenges and reflections - Paul McGarry

4. Paying attention to inequalities in later life: a priority for urban ageing research and policy - James Nazroo

PART II Age-friendly interventions to promote spatial justice

5. Involving marginalised groups of older people in age-friendly programmes: lessons from the Ambition for Ageing programme - Luciana Lang and Sophie Yarker

6. Developing age-friendly communities in areas of urban regeneration - Niamh Kavanagh and Camilla Lewis

7. Co-producing age-friendly community interventions: the Village model - Mhorag Goff and Patty Doran

8. Redesigning the age-friendly city: the role of architecture in addressing spatial ageism - Mark Hammond, Emily Crompton and Stefan White

9. The role of community and voluntary organisations in creating spatially just age-friendly cities - Sophie Yarker, Camilla Lewis and Luciana Lang

PART III Reimagining age-friendly communities

10. Ageing in the margins: exploring experiences of precarity in urban environments - Miriam Tenquist, Tess Hartland and Joana Salles

11. Dismantling and rebuilding praxis for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: towards an emancipatory approach - Jarmin Yeh, Emily A. Greenfield and Melanie Z. Plasencia

12. Conclusion: reimagining age-friendly cities and communities - Tine Buffel, Sophie Yarker and Patty Doran

Afterword - Chris Phillipson

Über Autor(innen)

Doran, Patty
Patty Doran is Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and Deputy Director of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG).

Buffel, Tine
Tine Buffel is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester and Director of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG).

Yarker, Sophie
Sophie Yarker is Lecturer in Health Geography at the University of Salford.

Tine Buffel is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester and Director of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG).

Patty Doran is Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and Deputy Director of MUARG.

Sophie Yarker is Lecturer in Health Geography at the University of Salford.