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Geographies of Transport and Ageing de Angela Curl

Geographies of Transport and Ageing

Editat de Angela Curl, Charles Musselwhite
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 mai 2018
This book presents a unique geographical perspective on issues of transport and mobility for ageing populations. Society is ageing across the globe. As well as living longer, older people are fitter, healthier and more active than previous generations were. There is both a desire and a need to be mobile in later life and mobility is clearly linked to older people’s health and wellbeing. Yet mobility can be hard for older people and we don’t always design our neighbourhoods, towns, cities and villages in an age friendly way.

With case studies from across the globe, authors take a geographical lens to the important topic of transport and mobility in later life. Chapters examine how the relationships between mobility, modes of transport, place and technologies affect an aging population.

This collection will be of interest to scholars and students in human geography, in particular those with interests in transport geography, mobilities, geographies of health and wellbeing, urban geographies and geographical gerontology. It will also appeal to practitioners and policy makers in urban design and planning, transport planning and engineering and public health who have interests in age-friendly cities and policy.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319763590
ISBN-10: 3319763598
Pagini: 294
Ilustrații: XX, 254 p. 10 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

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.

Notă biografică

Angela Curl is a Lecturer in Health Geography at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her research interests are focused around understanding people’s perceptions and experiences of transport and mobility and how these intersect with the built environment, with a particular focus on older people’s mobilities as a key interface between research in transport and health.  She has previously worked in Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow, at the OPENspace research centre at the University of Edinburgh and as a transport planning practitioner.

Charles Musselwhite is Associate Professor in Gerontology, Centre for Innovative Ageing (CIA), Swansea University, UK and heads-up the group’s Environments and Ageing research strand. His research examines mobility and ageing, specifically studying travel behavior, road user safety and relationships with health and wellbeing. Prior to joining Swansea, he worked at the Centre for Transport Studies, University West of England.

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This book presents a unique geographical perspective on issues of transport and mobility for ageing populations. Society is ageing across the globe. As well as living longer, older people are fitter, healthier and more active than previous generations were. There is both a desire and a need to be mobile in later life and mobility is clearly linked to older people’s health and wellbeing. Yet mobility can be hard for older people and we don’t always design our neighbourhoods, towns, cities and villages in an age friendly way.

With case studies from across the globe, authors take a geographical lens to the important topic of transport and mobility in later life. Chapters examine how the relationships between mobility, modes of transport, place and technologies affect an aging population.

This collection will be of interest to scholars and students in human geography, in particular those with interests in transport geography, mobilities, geographies of health and wellbeing, urban geographies and geographical gerontology. It will also appeal to practitioners and policy makers in urban design and planning, transport planning and engineering and public health who have interests in age-friendly cities and policy.

Caracteristici

Addresses an emerging issue of our society: how to support the mobility needs of the ageing population Offers a novel intersection between cultural and health geographies and gerontology Provides contributions to the development of policies and practice for enhancing mobility of older adults