Age-friendly cities and communities in international comparison : political lessons, scientific avenues, and democratic issues /: political lessons, scientific avenues, and democratic issues. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thibauld Moulaert, Suzanne Garon, editors.
• Editors: Moulaert, Thibauld; Garon, Suzanne
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction: Toward a Better Understanding of AFCC; 1.1 Part 1: Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: From Ideas to Practices; 1.2 Part 2: Active Aging and Age-Friendly Cities: One Model, Many Programs; 1.3 Part 3: Challenges from and for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities; 1.4 Future Challenges; References; Part I Age-Friendly Cities and Communities:From Ideas to Practices; 2 A Critical Review of the WHO Age-Friendly Cities Methodology and Its Implementation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Are the Eight Domains of Age-Friendliness Adequate? 2.3 International Approaches to Assessing Age-Friendliness2.4 Capturing Diversity: Whose Voices Are Heard in the Assessment of Age-Friendliness?; 2.5 How Does the Age-Friendly City Assessment Process Engage Older Persons?; 2.6 Discussion; 2.7 Conclusion; References; 3 The WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Origins, Developments and Challenges; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Origins of the Network; 3.3 The Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Approach; 3.4 The Mission of the Network; 3.5 Achievements to Date; 3.6 Challenges and Outlook; References. 4 Population Ageing from a Global and Theoretical Perspective: European Lessons on Active Ageing4.1 Introduction; 4.2 An Ageing World; 4.3 Policy Discourses on Ageing -- Old and New; 4.3.1 Emergence of a New Politics of Ageing: The European Case; 4.4 From Successful to Active Ageing; 4.5 Barriers to Active Ageing; 4.6 Towards Active Ageing; 4.7 Conclusion: Active Ageing or Age Friendly?; References; 5 Active Ageing and Age-Friendly Cities -- A Personal Account; References; Part II Age-Friendly Cities and Communities:One Model, Many Programs. 6 It's About the People2026: Seniors' Perspectives on Age-Friendly Communities6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Conceptual Background; 6.3 Waterloo's Age-Friendly City Initiative: Our Story; 6.4 Results; 6.4.1 General Assessment of Waterloo and Sources of Press; 6.4.2 Transportation; 6.4.3 Walkability; 6.4.4 Housing; 6.4.5 Social Inclusion; 6.5 Reflections; References; 7 How Can a Research Program Enhance a Policy? AFC-Quebec Governance and Evaluation Opportunities; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Principles of Action Providing the AFC-QC Model; 7.2.1 The Influence of the World Health Organization. 7.2.2 The ``Quebec Model'' Within the Canadian Context7.2.3 Some Distinctive Features of the ``Quebec Model''; 7.3 Successive Research Projects Beyond the Governmental Program; 7.3.1 First Research: Lessons Learned from the Seven Pilot Sites; 7.3.2 Second Research (2014 -- 2017) on Social Innovations from AFCs; 7.3.3 A Third Action-Research on Social Determinants of Health Within AFCs; 7.3.4 General Considerations Over Eight Years of Research; 7.4 The AFC Evaluation Issues; 7.5 Conclusion; References; 8 Age-Friendly Hong Kong; 8.1 Aging Population in Hong Kong; 8.2 Research Methodology.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 337 pages)
• Subjects: 305.26; Social sciences; Aging -- Social aspects; Older people -- Services for; City planning; Community development; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Aging -- Social aspects; City planning; Community development; Older people -- Services for; Psychology -- Social Psychology; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Political Science -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development; Social, group or collective psychology; Social issues & processes; Regional & area planning; Aging -- Research; Applied psychology; Quality of Life -- Research; Regional planning; Family & Relationships -- Aging; Age groups: the elderly; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319240312; 3319240315
• Related ISBNs: 9783319240299; 3319240293
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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