1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910978272303321

Autore

Drilling Matthias

Titolo

Ageing and Urban Planning

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2024

©2025

ISBN

9781003144441

1003144446

9781040224021

1040224024

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (402 pages)

Collana

Regions and Cities Series

Altri autori (Persone)

SueroPamela

Al-ShoubakiHind

NeuhausFabian

Disciplina

307.1/2160846

Soggetti

City planning

Population aging

Older people - Housing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms and abbreviations -- Part 1 Introduction -- 1 Exploring the phenomenology of ageing and urban planning -- Part 2 Global perspectives on ageing and place -- 2 Planning for age-friendly cities and communities in East Asia: The oriental paradigm -- 3 A recipe for disaster? The consequences of planned sprawl for the non-urban ageing population: the case of Belgium -- 4 Comprehensive community care in Japan -- 5 Ageing and ambient assisted living: New landscapes of dwelling -- 6 Settlement planning in Russian policy and practice: Is ageing in the focus? -- 7 Ageing and urbanisation in Zambia: The need for "age-friendly cities and communities" -- 8 Ageing in place with Chinese characteristics: A case study of Wangnong Shequ in Ningbo City -- 9 Ageing and gender: An intersectional lens for inclusive city-building practices in the Global North and Global South -- Part 3



Materialisation of ageing in place -- 10 Materialisation of ageing and urban planning -- Part 4 Ageing, planning, and the city -- 11 Challenges to a transformative application of age-friendly programmes around the world -- 12 Ageing in a transforming city: The challenges and opportunities for planning -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

The book provides a critical analysis of urban planning in the face of demographic change, emphasising the importance of international approaches and practices to address age-friendly planning. It offers a critique of popular narratives on ageing and urban planning while presenting diverse case studies on a variety of spatial scales.