Ageing in place : design, planning and policy response in the Western Asia-Pacific /: design, planning and policy response in the Western Asia-Pacific. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Bruce Judd, Kenichi Tanoue, Edgar Liu.
• Editors: Judd, Bruce; Tanoue, Kenichi; Liu, Edgar
• Contents: Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: ageing in place in the Western Asia-Pacific -- PART I Design -- 2. Housing typology and ageing in place in Australia -- 3. Ageing in place: Japan struggles toward its realization -- 4. Community opposition to embedded facilities for the elderly in Chinese urban communities -- 5. A field survey on the environmental characteristics of day care centres for the demented elderly in Taiwan 6. Preferable home environment for the independent elderly to prevent falls and maintain activities of daily living -- PART II Planning -- 7. Ageing in sprawl: urban form and the challenges for age-friendly planning -- 8. Ageing and depopulation in the mountains of Japan and Spain -- 9. The Livability App: older and vulnerable users' perspectives on space design, access provision and services -- 10. Planning for the milieu of older people in a post-disaster environment 11. Older people's use of outdoor spaces and factors that influence place selection: a survey of old urban communities in Nanjing, China -- PART III Policy -- 12. A review of ageing in place: policies and initiatives in Hong Kong since 2010 -- 13. Ageing in multigenerational households: the case of Australia -- 14. From vicious to virtuous: repositioning New Zealand's housing to sustain better later lives -- 15. Ageing and the concept of fair housing in the Japanese context -- 16. Conclusion: ageing in place, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives -- Index
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, UK Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (xi, 203 pages)
• Subjects: 362.6091823; Older people -- Services for -- Pacific Area; Older people -- Care -- Pacific Area; Older people -- Housing -- Pacific Area; Older people -- Cross-cultural studies; Aging; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781788976091; 1788976096
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 11, 2020).
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