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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781152103321

Autore

Smith Allison E.

Titolo

Ageing in urban neighbourhoods : place attachment and social exclusion / / Allison E. Smith [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy, , 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0144-7

1-282-56206-1

9786612562068

1-84742-272-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Ageing and the lifecourse

Classificazione

MS 2700

Disciplina

362.6091732

Soggetti

Urban older people - Western countries - Social conditions

Marginality, Social

Place attachment

Urban older people - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).

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.