Geographies of transport and ageing. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Geographies of transport and aging
• Further Information: Note: Angela Curl, Charles Musselwhite, editors.
• Editors: Curl, Angela; Musselwhite, Charles
• Contents: PART ONE: CONTEXT -- 1 Geographical Perspectives on Transport and Ageing -- 2 Driving Segregation: Age, gender and emerging inequalities -- 3 Mobility and ageing: a review of interactions between transport and technology from the perspective of older people -- PART TWO: RURAL -- 4 Mobility, transport and older people's well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa: Review and Prospect -- 5 A Window to the Outside World. Digital technology to stimulate imaginative mobility for housebound older adults in rural areas -- PART THREE: URBAN -- 6 Cycling for transport among older adults: health benefits, prevalence, determinants, injuries and the potential of e-bikes -- 7 Out of home mobility senior citizens in Kochi, India -- 8 Walking with older adults as a geographical method -- PART FOUR: FUTURES -- 9 Exploring how older people might experience future transport systems -- 10 Future ageing populations and policy.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304.2; Older people -- Transportation -- Cross-cultural studies; Older people -- Orientation and mobility -- Cross-cultural studies; Older people -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies; Urban transportation -- Planning -- Social aspects -- Cross-cultural studies; Aging; Culture -- Study and teaching; Economic development; Human geography; Social change; Social sciences; Urban geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319763606; 3319763601
• Related ISBNs: 9783319763590; 3319763598
• Notes: Note: Description based on print version record.
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