ABSTRACT
This chapter summarises the range of issues confronting urban populations, together with their implications for older people. Building on this analysis, the chapter assesses the potential of initiatives, which can empower and support groups within the older population, highlighting developments, such as the Village model, Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, and Co-Housing. Reflecting on these initiatives, the chapter examines the possibilities for developing new approaches to ageing in place, drawing on the collective resources of older people themselves, transforming as a result the urban environments in which they are themselves key actors.
