Ageing, Housing and Urban Development
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9789264176102
Subjects: Governance; Rural and Regional Development Urban; Social Issues/Migration/Health
Description: OECD countries are undergoing an unprecedented increase in the proportion of elderly people among their total populations. To address these issues, the OECD organised a conference in Oslo in May 2002. This report highlights how ageing will affect urban design and development in terms of housing, land use, transportation and the urban environment and points to the growing role of new technologies in member countries. The book, featuring statistical data, is for sociologists, policy researchers, journalists, librarians and economists.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Executive Summary; title: Chapter 1. Background of the Conference; title: Chapter 2. Introductory Statements; title: Statement by Sverre Bugge (Norway); title: Statement by Eva Jupskas (Norway); title: Chapter 3. Housing Design, Social Services, Transportation, and Urban Development; title: Chapter 4. Cities and Ageing: Introducing and Disseminating New Technologies and Innovations; title: Chapter 5. Urban Governance and the Future of Urban Areas in an Ageing Society; title: Chapter 6. Housing the Elderly: Finance/Fiscal Options; title: References of Conference Papers; title: Annex I. Conference Background Paper by Barbara Chabbal; title: Annex II. Planning for an Ageing Society: Challenges for Territorial Development Policies by Atsushi Koresawa; title: Annex III. Programme of the Conference; title: Annex IV. List of Participants