Ageing in urban neighbourhoods : Place attachment and social exclusion / / Allison E. Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456297003321
• Autore: Smith Allison E
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2009; ©2009
• ISBN: 1-4473-0144-7; 1-282-56206-1; 9786612562068; 1-84742-272-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Collana: Ageing and the lifecourse
• Disciplina: 362.6091732
• Soggetti: Alter; Soziale Situation; Segregation; Stadtbevölkerung; Place attachment; Marginality, Social; SOCIAL SCIENCE - Gerontology; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS - Eldercare; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS - Abuse - Elder Abuse; Urban elderly - Government policy; Urban elderly - Western countries - Social conditions; Electronic books.; Western countries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ageing in urban neighbourhoods; Contents; List of boxes, tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Environmental gerontology; 3. Urban ageing; 4. Skid row? Area profiles; 5. Ageing in deprived neighbourhoods; 6. Reconceptualising the person-environment relationship; 7. The way forward -- building ; sustainability; 8. Influences, opportunities and challenges; 9. Conclusion; Appendix A: Summary of participant characteristics; Appendix B: Short biographies of participants in Manchester and Vancouver; Appendix C: Mrs MacDougall's short story; References; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This unique book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods and offers a re-conceptualisation of environmental gerontology. The author examines new cross-national research and challenges the common view that ageing 'in place' is optimal, particularly within areas that present multiple risks to the individual.