ISBN:
9781447331322
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (314 pages)
Series Statement:
Ageing in a Global Context Ser
Parallel Title:
Print version Buffel, Tine Age-Friendly Cities and Communities : A Global Perspective
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Age-friendly cities and communities
DDC:
307.120846
Keywords:
City planning
;
Older people
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Stadt
;
Stadtplanung
;
Alter
;
Soziale Situation
;
Partizipation
Abstract:
This important book provides a comprehensive survey of 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
Abstract:
Intro -- AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES AND COMMUNITIES -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Series editors' preface -- Part . 1 Age-friendly cities and communities: background, theory and development -- 1. Introduction -- Background -- Aims and key research questions -- Origins of the book -- Structure of the book -- 2. The development of age-friendly cities and communities -- Introduction -- Development of the WHO age-friendly programme -- Implementation of age-friendly policies and initiatives -- Developing age-friendly cities and communities: from policy to research -- Age-friendly cities and communities: findings from research -- Conclusion -- 3. Neighbourhood change, social inequalities and age-friendly communities -- Introduction -- Changing views of community -- The relevance of the neighbourhood for older people -- The impact of global change -- Engaging older adults in age-friendly communities -- Policy strategies to promote age-friendliness -- Conclusion -- 4. Addressing erasure, microfication and social change: age-friendly initiatives and environmental gerontology in the 21st century -- Introduction -- The development of environmental gerontology -- Challenge 1: microfication -- Challenge 2: erasure -- Social change and emergent macro-level forces -- Conclusion -- Part 2 . Case studies from Europe, Asia and Australia -- 5. Age and gentrification in Berlin: urban ageing policy and the experiences of disadvantaged older people -- Introduction -- Age and gentrification in Berlin -- Ageing policy in Berlin -- Coping with care needs and low income in Moabit -- Conclusion -- 6. Towards an 'active caring community' in Brussels -- Introduction -- Facts and figures about Brussels -- Active Caring Community
Abstract:
How can an active caring community support age-friendliness? -- Discussion -- Conclusion: critical reflections -- 7. Exploring the age-friendliness of Hong Kong: opportunities, initiatives and challenges in an ageing Asian city -- Introduction -- The AFCC experience in the context of other Asian countries -- The Hong Kong perspective on age-friendly cities -- Hong Kong service provision and local AFCC initiatives -- Conclusion -- 8. Creating an age-friendly county in Ireland: stakeholders' perspectives on implementation -- Introduction -- Background: overview of demographic, economic and policy context in Ireland -- Development of AFCC and Fingal AFC programme -- Implementation: stakeholders' perspectives -- Discussion and conclusion -- 9. Implementing age-friendly cities in Australia -- Introduction -- An ageing Australia and urban change -- Older people's experiences of urban environments -- Implementation and challenges -- Interpretation and directions -- Conclusion -- Part 3. Age-friendly policies, urban design and a manifesto for change -- 10. From representation to active ageing in a Manchester neighbourhood: designing the age-friendly city -- Introduction -- Capability, design and active ageing -- Capability in an age-friendly Manchester: the case of Old Moat -- Research and design: from representation to involvement to activity -- Beyond representation -- Involving older people in locality research and design -- Active research and design -- Conclusion -- 11. Alternative age-friendly initiatives: redefining age-friendly design -- Introduction -- Challenging the orthodoxies of age-friendly design -- The socially engaged designer -- Redefining age-friendly design -- Expanding the field of age-friendly practice -- Challenging the objects of age-friendly design -- Critical interventions in age-friendly policy -- Conclusion
Abstract:
12. Developing age-friendly policies for cities: strategies, challenges and reflections -- Introduction -- The social and demographic characteristics of Manchester -- The evolution of Age-Friendly Manchester: 1990s -- Valuing Older People programme: 2000s -- Age-friendly Manchester: 2010 onwards -- Implementing age-friendly policies in the context of economic austerity -- Developing city-regional approaches to age-friendliness -- Conclusion -- 13. The age-friendly community: a test for inclusivity -- Introduction -- Testing the principles of the AFCC -- Sight loss in later life: the UK example -- Stigma, sight loss and ageing: is this an excluded group? -- Researching age-friendly communities: recognising diversity -- Spending the day -- Can the AFCC mission be socially inclusive for people with vision impairment? -- 14. Age-friendly cities and communities: a manifesto for change -- Introduction -- Acknowledging urban complexity -- Prioritising home and neighbourhood -- Challenging social inequality and exclusion -- Increasing diversity -- Facilitating community empowerment -- Co-producing age-friendly communities -- Developing creative and participatory age-friendly design -- Encouraging multisectorial and multidisciplinary collaboration -- Integrating research with policy -- Strengthening international networking -- Index
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