Ageing in urban neighbourhoods : : Place attachment and social exclusion /

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

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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,...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (248 p.)
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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

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