Ageing in urban neighbourhoods : : Place attachment and social exclusion / / Allison E. Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-1995
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Allison E.,
• MitwirkendeR: Phillips, Judith,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Ageing and the Lifecourse
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (248 p.)

Many western nations have experienced a rise in the number of marginalised and deprived inner-city neighbourhoods. Despite a plethora of research focused on these areas, there remain few studies that have sought to capture the 'optimality' of ageing in place in such places. In particular, little is known about why some older people desire to age in place despite multiple risks in their neighbourhood and why others reject ageing in place. Given the growth in both the ageing of the population and policy interest in the cohesion and sustainability of neighbourhoods there is an urgent need to better understand the experience of ageing in marginalised locations. This book aims to address the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods and in so doing progress what critics have referred to as the languishing state of environmental gerontology. The author examines new cross-national research with older people in deprived urban neighbourhoods and suggests a rethinking and refocusing of the older person's relationship with place. Impact on policy and future research are also discussed. This book will be relevant to academics, students, architects, city planners and policy makers with an interest in environmental gerontology, social exclusion, urban sustainability and design of the built environment.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of boxes, tables and figures -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Revisiting the person–environment fit -- Environmental gerontology -- Urban ageing -- Rethinking the person–environment fit -- Skid row? Area profiles -- Ageing in deprived neighbourhoods -- Reconceptualising the person–environment relationship -- Refocusing the person–environment fit -- The way forward – building sustainability -- Influences, opportunities and challenges -- Conclusion -- Summary of participant characteristics -- Short biographies of participants in Manchester and Vancouver -- Mrs MacDougall’s short story -- References -- Index