Ageing in urban neighbourhoods : place attachment and social exclusion / [electronic resource]
Smith, Allison E.,author.
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).
Urban elderly
Marginality, Social.
Place attachment.
Urban elderly