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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Andrews, Gavin J., 1970-

Phillips, David R.

Series:

Routledge studies in human geography ; 9.

Routledge studies in human geography ; 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gerontology.

Human geography.

Older people--Social conditions.

Older people.

Older people--Services for.

Age distribution (Demography).

Physical Description:

xv, 252 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During recent years, an increasing amount of academic research has focused on older people with a particular emphasis on settings, places and spaces. This book provides a comprehensive review of research and the policy area of 'ageing and place'. An insightful book on an important topic, Andrews and Phillips have together edited a valuable information and reference source for those with interests in the spatial dimensions of ageing in the twenty-first century. Ranging from macro-scale perspectives on the distribution of older populations on national scales, to the meaning of specific local places and settings to older individuals, on the micro-scale, the book spans an entire range of research traditions and international perspectives.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

1-134-36137-8

1-134-36138-6

0-203-69451-1

1-280-09620-9

0-415-32044-5

9780203694510

OCLC:

57241739