The Environments of Ageing
Space, Place and Materiality
1st Edition
Published on 24. February 2022
410 pages
978-1-4473-1057-0 (ISBN)
Description
Providing the first UK assessment of environmental gerontology, this book enriches current understanding of the spatiality of ageing.
Sheila Peace considers how places and spaces contextualise personal experience in varied environments, from urban and rural to general and specialised housing. Situating extensive research within multidisciplinary thinking, and incorporating policy and practice, this book assesses how personal health and wellbeing affect different experiences of environment. It also considers the value of intergenerational and age-related living, the meaning of home and global to local concerns for population ageing.
Drawing on international comparisons, this book offers a valuable resource for new research and important lessons for the future.
Sheila Peace considers how places and spaces contextualise personal experience in varied environments, from urban and rural to general and specialised housing. Situating extensive research within multidisciplinary thinking, and incorporating policy and practice, this book assesses how personal health and wellbeing affect different experiences of environment. It also considers the value of intergenerational and age-related living, the meaning of home and global to local concerns for population ageing.
Drawing on international comparisons, this book offers a valuable resource for new research and important lessons for the future.
Reviews / Votes
"This book represents a large part of the author's career in gerontology, and provides a unique perspective on environmental and geographical gerontology. Apart from reviewing a substantial body of research and theory, it provides researchers and policymakers with many suggestions for further work." International Journal of Housing PolicyMore details
Series
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
39 s/w Abbildungen, 18 s/w Tabellen
18 Tables, black and white; 39 Illustrations, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-1057-0 (9781447310570)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447310570
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Person
Sheila Peace is Emeritus Professor of Social Gerontology in the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies at The Open University. A social geographer by first discipline Sheila is known internationally as a social and environmental gerontologist.
Content
Preface: Understanding the Structure 1. Person and Environment
2. Theoretical Development
3. The Global Context
4. Environmental Living
5. Housing in Later Life
6. Housing Histories, Housing Options
7. Alternative Environments: Specialised Housing (with care)
8. Care Home Living: A Form of Long-term Care
9. Methodological Development
10. Re-thinking the Spatiality of Ageing
2. Theoretical Development
3. The Global Context
4. Environmental Living
5. Housing in Later Life
6. Housing Histories, Housing Options
7. Alternative Environments: Specialised Housing (with care)
8. Care Home Living: A Form of Long-term Care
9. Methodological Development
10. Re-thinking the Spatiality of Ageing
