ABSTRACT
This book brings together recent scholarly work concerned with efforts around the world to transform cities so that they are more age-friendly. Common to all of the initiatives is recognition of the importance of the community environment for the well-being of the rapidly growing numbers of older people. The collection includes chapters that examine the circumstances in which communities currently undertake significant age-friendly initiatives, public-private collaboration in age-friendly initiatives, collaboration across institutional sectors in age-friendly initiatives, policies that facilitate age-friendly developments, and the bases upon which age-friendly initiatives should be evaluated. It will be of interest to scholars in various fields including urban planning, gerontology, transportation planning, environmental design, and adult education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|146 pages
Case Studies
part I|37 pages
Europe
chapter 1|19 pages
Developing Age-Friendly Cities
part I|40 pages
Asia
chapter 3|16 pages
From Age-Friendly Research to Age-Friendly City and Age-Friendly Regional Network
chapter 4|22 pages
Successful Aging in a High-Density City-State
part I|31 pages
Canada
chapter 5|14 pages
Lessons Learned from a Canadian Province-Wide Age-Friendly Initiative
part I|34 pages
United States
chapter 8|15 pages
The Environment of Environmental Change
part II|112 pages
Special Topics