Ageing in urban neighbourhoods : Place attachment and social exclusion /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Allison E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol : Policy Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Alter.
Soziale Situation
Segregation > Soziologie
Stadtbevölkerung
Place attachment.
Marginality, Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Eldercare.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Elder Abuse.
Urban elderly > Government policy.
Urban elderly > Western countries > Social conditions.
Western countries.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781847422729

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