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Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison: Political Lessons, Scientific Avenues, and Democratic Issues
Thibauld Moulaert (Ed.)
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Description for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison: Political Lessons, Scientific Avenues, and Democratic Issues
Hardback. Editor(s): Moulaert, Thibauld; Garon, Suzanne. Series: International Perspectives on Aging. Num Pages: 422 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JMH; JPFF; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
The supportive role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this unique resource, using the WHO's Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case studies from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and elsewhere demonstrate how the model translates to fit diverse social, political, and economic realities across cultures and continents, ways age-friendly programs promote senior empowerment, and how their value can be effectively assessed. Age-friendly criteria for communities are defined and critiqued while extensive empirical data describe challenges as they affect elders globally and how environmental ... Read more
The supportive role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this unique resource, using the WHO's Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case studies from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and elsewhere demonstrate how the model translates to fit diverse social, political, and economic realities across cultures and continents, ways age-friendly programs promote senior empowerment, and how their value can be effectively assessed. Age-friendly criteria for communities are defined and critiqued while extensive empirical data describe challenges as they affect elders globally and how environmental ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Series
International Perspectives on Aging
Number of Pages
337
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319240299
SKU
V9783319240299
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Ref
99-15
About Thibauld Moulaert (Ed.)
Thibauld Moulaert, PhD is Associated professor at the Department of Social Work, University of Sherbrooke, Canada and part-time Invited Professor at the Haute Ecole de la Province de Namur (HEPN), Belgium. After a postdoctoral Fellowship in sociology at the National Fund for Scientific Research, Universite Catholique de Louvain, including a Visiting Research at King's ... Read more
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