| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Ageing and the lifecourse |
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Ageing and the lifecourse.
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| Contents |
Ageing in urban neighbourhoods; Contents; List of boxes, tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Foreword; 1. Introduction; 2. Environmental gerontology; 3. Urban ageing; 4. Skid row? Area profiles; 5. Ageing in deprived neighbourhoods; 6. Reconceptualising the person-environment relationship; 7. The way forward -- building sustainability; 8. Influences, opportunities and challenges; 9. Conclusion; Appendix A: Summary of participant characteristics; Appendix B: Short biographies of participants in Manchester and Vancouver; Appendix C: Mrs MacDougall's short story; References; Index |
| Summary |
This unique book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods and offers a re-conceptualisation of environmental gerontology. The author examines new cross-national research and challenges the common view that ageing 'in place' is optimal, particularly within areas that present multiple risks to the individual |
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Alter |
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Marginality, Social |
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Place attachment |
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Segregation Soziologie |
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Soziale Situation |
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Stadtbevölkerung |
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Urban elderly Government policy |
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Urban elderly Western countries Social conditions |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Urban older people -- Western countries -- Social conditions
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Marginality, Social.
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Place attachment.
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Urban older people -- Government policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
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Marginality, Social
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Place attachment
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Stadtbevölkerung
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Segregation Soziologie
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Soziale Situation
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Alter
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Western countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847422729 |
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1847422721 |
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9781447301448 |
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1447301447 |
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1282562061 |
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9781282562066 |
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9786612562068 |
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6612562064 |
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