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Author Fitzgerald, Kelly G

Title International Perspectives on Age-Friendly Cities
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Taylor and Francis Ltd, 2015

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Series Routledge studies in human geography ; 55
Routledge studies in human geography ; 55.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Box; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword: International Perspectives on Age-Friendly Cities; Acknowledgments; Introduction: International Perspectives on Age-Friendly Cities; PART I Case Studies: Cross-Cutting Themes; Europe; 1. Developing Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Brussels and Manchester and Implications for Policy and Practice; 2. Ireland's Age-Friendly Cities and Counties: The Development of a National Program; Asia
3. From Age-Friendlv Research to Age-Friendly City and Age-Friendly Regional Network: The Case of Tuymazy and Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation4. Successful Aging in a High-Density City-State: A Review of Singapore's Aging Policies and Urban Initiatives; Canada; 5. Lessons Learned from a Canadian Province-Wide Age-Friendly Initiative: The Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative; 6. Age-Friendly City in Quebec (Canada), or Alone It Goes Faster, Together It Goes Further -- United States; 7. Portland, Oregon: A Case Study of Efforts to Become More Age-Friendly
8. The Environment of Environmental Change: The Impact of City Realities on the Success of Age-Friendly ProgramsPART II Special Topics; 9. Commentary: Changing Practice and Policy to Move to Scale: A Framework for Age-Friendly Communities Across the United States; 10. Transforming the Way We Live Together: A Model to Move Communities from Policy to Implementation; 11. Making the Right Moves: Promoting Smart Growth and Active Aging in Communities; 12. Does the Village Model Help to Foster Age-Friendly Communities?; 13. Multigenerational Planning: Integrating the Needs of Elders and Children
14. Age-Friendly Community Policy Innovation: Complete Streets Implementation in Louisiana, United States15. Age-Friendly Cities and the WHO Checklist: Lessons from a Portuguese Survey; Appendix to Chapter 15: Age-Friendly Cities and the WHO Checklist: Lessons from a Portuguese Survey; Contributors
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Subject Retirement, Places of.
Population aging.
City planning.
Older people -- Services for.
Older people -- Housing.
Urban policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
City planning
Older people -- Housing
Older people -- Services for
Population aging
Retirement, Places of
Urban policy
Form Electronic book
Author Caro, Francis G
ISBN 9781317961710
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9781317961703
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