Format:
1 Online-Ressource (vi, 242 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
1847422713
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1847422705
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1847422721
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1447301447
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9781847422712
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9781847422705
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9781847422729
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9781447301448
Series Statement:
Ageing and the lifecourse
Content:
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
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-236) and index
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847422712
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1847422713
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781847422705
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Smith, Allison E Ageing in urban neighbourhoods Bristol : Policy, 2009
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
URL:
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