Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice
How can we design, develop and adapt urban environments to better meet the needs of an increasingly diverse ageing population? This book highlights the urgent need to address inequalities that shape the experience of ageing in urban environments, and demonstrates that despite obstacles, meaningful...
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Bristol :
Policy Press
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Ageing in a Global Context Series
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009824840306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover
- Reimagining Age-Friendly Communities: Urban Ageing and Spatial Justice
- Copyright information
- Contents
- Series editors' preface
- List of figures and tables
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Background to urban ageing and spatial justice
- 1 A spatial justice approach to urban ageing research
- Introduction
- Background to the book: urban ageing and age-friendly cities
- What do we mean by 'spatial justice'?
- A spatial justice framework for age-friendly cities
- Aims and key research questions
- Origins of the book
- Outline of the book
- References
- 2 Developing age-friendly cities and communities: an international perspective
- Introduction
- Development of the age-friendly movement
- Key achievements of the age-friendly movement
- Placing ageing on the political agenda
- Gathering the support of multiple stakeholders, including older people
- Implementing a variety of initiatives for older people
- Developing this work in diverse contexts
- Challenges and future directions for the age-friendly movement
- Conclusion
- References
- 3 Developing age-friendly policies for cities and city-regions during austerity, COVID-19 and beyond: strategies, challenges and reflections
- Introduction
- Demographic and social characteristics of Greater Manchester
- The evolution of age-friendly work in Manchester
- Towards a citizenship-based policy approach to ageing
- Better government for older people
- The Valuing Older People programme: 2000s
- A partnership-strategy with older people and citywide stakeholders
- Challenges facing work with older people
- Age-Friendly Manchester's participation in the WHO Global Network: 2010 onwards
- The development of age-friendly Greater Manchester
- The expansion of the age-friendly movement across the UK
- Challenges and limitations.
- Conclusion
- References
- 4 Paying attention to inequalities in later life: a priority for urban ageing research and policy
- Introduction
- The patterning of inequality in later life
- The extent of socioeconomic inequalities in health in later life
- Gender inequalities in health in later life
- Ethnic inequalities in health in later life
- Place-based inequality
- Moving beyond description
- Investigating fundamental causes
- Conclusion
- References
- Part II Age-friendly interventions to promote spatial justice
- 5 Involving marginalised groups of older people in age-friendly programmes: lessons from the Ambition for Ageing programme
- Introduction
- Inequalities, diversity and age-friendly work
- Context of inequalities and diversity in Greater Manchester
- Different ways to facilitate co-production
- Centring learning and adapting
- Addressing the needs of geographically dispersed communities of identity or experience
- Conclusion
- References
- 6 Developing age-friendly communities in areas of urban regeneration
- Introduction
- The erasure of older people from urban regeneration discourse
- The research in Collyhurst, Manchester
- Challenges for older residents in Collyhurst
- Recommendations for age-friendly urban regeneration: prioritising equitable development
- Acknowledging the history of urban neighbourhoods
- Supporting intergenerational justice
- Devising new ways of working with residents
- Conclusion
- References
- 7 Co-producing age-friendly community interventions: the Village model
- Introduction
- The Village model
- The Urban Villages project
- Selecting the areas
- The participatory approach
- Co-producing collaborative projects
- Overcoming challenges when using a co-production approach
- Individual capacity, trust and expectations
- Community capacity, leadership and sustainability.
- Capacities of places
- Insights into co-production with older adults
- Conclusion
- References
- 8 Redesigning the age-friendly city: the role of architecture in addressing spatial ageism
- Introduction
- Architects and the age-friendly city
- Defining spatial ageism
- Participatory design and research in the age-friendly city
- Case study: developing age-friendly communities in Hulme and Moss Side, Manchester
- Context
- Creating a neighbourhood masterplan
- Developing resident-led projects
- Developing collaborative relationships between older people and local stakeholders
- A new role for architects
- Conclusion: tackling spatial ageism
- Notes
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 9 The role of community and voluntary organisations in creating spatially just age-friendly cities
- Introduction
- The shifting position of the third sector
- Researching the community and voluntary sector during the pandemic
- The role of community organisations in supporting age-friendly communities
- Expert knowledge of community needs
- Creating spaces of social connection
- Opportunities for social support and participation
- Pressures on community organisations
- Digital exclusion
- New inequalities and complexity of needs
- Stretched resources
- Moving forward: developing community-centred approaches for greater spatial justice
- Investment in community-based services
- Physical and institutional infrastructure
- Engaging vulnerable groups
- Conclusion
- References
- Part III Reimagining age-friendly communities
- 10 Ageing in the margins: exploring experiences of precarity in urban environments
- Introduction
- Applying a precarity lens to urban ageing research
- Experiences of precarity in urban areas
- The Chinese community in the UK
- Precarity and older refugees
- Older people living in areas of gentrification.
- Emancipatory methods to co-produce knowledge with marginalised communities
- Co-producing a comic book with older refugees
- Co-producing films with older people about the impact of gentrification
- Conclusion
- References
- 11 Dismantling and rebuilding praxis for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: towards an emancipatory approach
- Introduction
- Guiding documents for the WHO's 'Age-Friendly World'
- Critical analysis
- Beyond social planning towards a plurality of approaches to community change
- Beyond quantitative metrics towards other ways to characterise communities
- Beyond older adults' participation and involvement towards co-production and allyship
- Towards an emancipatory AFCC approach and a 'different suite of tools'
- Conclusion
- Note
- Acknowledgements
- References
- 12 Conclusion: reimagining age-friendly cities and communities
- Introduction
- Urban ageing and spatial justice
- Incorporating diversity, equity and co-production in urban ageing research
- Embracing diversity
- A focus on equity
- Centring older people
- Reimagining age-friendly cities and communities
- References
- Afterword
- Principles and practices for work with older people
- References
- Index.
