Growing Older In World Cities
Subtitle: New York, London, Paris, And Tokyo
Contributors: Victor G. Rodwin (Editor); Michael K. Gusmano (Editor)
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: June 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780826514899
Subjects: Care of the elderly; Urban health; Older people; London; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Sociology - General; Sociology; France; Japan; London, Greater London; New York; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; Gerontology; Health Care Delivery; Long-Term Care
First sentence: Declining birth rates, increasing longevity, and urbanization have created a new challenge for cities: how to respond to an aging population.