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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826409203321

Titolo

Ageing and place : perspectives, policy, practice / / edited by Gavin J. Andrews and David R. Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-36137-8

1-134-36138-6

0-203-69451-1

1-280-09620-9

0-415-32044-5

Descrizione fisica

xv, 252 p. : ill., maps

Collana

Routledge studies in human geography ; ; 9

Classificazione

74.93

Altri autori (Persone)

AndrewsGavin J. <1970->

PhillipsDavid R. <1968->

Disciplina

305.26

Soggetti

Gerontology

Human geography

Older people - Social conditions

Older people - Services for

Age distribution (Demography)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter INTRODUCTION / Gavin J. Andrews -- chapter 1 Geographical studies in ageing: progress and connections to social gerontology / Gavin J. Andrews -- chapter 2 PLACING AGEING -- Positionings in the study of older people / Robin A. Kearns -- chapter 3 Multi-disciplinary con?gurations in gerontology / Pia C. Kontos -- chapter 4 INTERNATIONAL DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITIONS / Kevin McCracken -- chapter 5 RESIDENTIAL HOMES -- From distributions in space to the elements of place / Gavin J. Andrews -- chapter 6 HOME AS A NEW SITE OF CARE PROVISION AND CONSUMPTION / Janine Wiles -- chapter 7 HEALTHY AGEING IN THE COMMUNITY / Helen Bartlett -- chapter 8 The physically ageing body and the use of space KICHU NAIR / Kichu Nair -- chapter 9 ENVIRONMENT AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO AGEING / Robyn Findlay -- chapter 10 Ageing in rural communities:



vulnerable people in vulnerable places / Alun E. Joseph -- chapter 11 AGEING AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT / David R. Phillips, Oi-Ling Siu, Anthony G.-O. Yeh and Kevin H. C. Cheng -- chapter 12 IMAGINED LANDSCAPES OF AGE AND IDENTITY / Andrew Blaikie -- chapter 13 CATALOGUING OLD AGE / Bill Bytheway -- chapter 14 MAKING SPACE FOR IDENTITY / Sheila M. Peace.