Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison: Political Lessons, Scientific Avenues, and Democratic Issues (International Perspectives on Aging, 14)

The supportive role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this unique resource, using the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case studies from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and elsewhere demonstrate how the model translates to fit diverse social, political, and economic realities across cultures and continents, ways age-friendly programs promote senior empowerment, and how their value can be effectively assessed. Age-friendly criteria for communities are defined and critiqued while extensive empirical data describe challenges as they affect elders globally and how environmental support can help meet them. These chapters offer age-friendly cities as a corrective to the overemphasis on the medical aspects of elders’ lives, and should inspire new research, practice, and public policy. Included in the coverage: * A critical review of the WHO Age-Friendly Cities Methodology and its implementation. * Seniors’ perspectives on age-friendly communities. * The implementation of age-friendly cities in three districts of Argentina. * Age-friendly New York City: a case study. * Toward an age-friendly European Union. * Age-friendliness, childhood, and dementia: toward generationally intelligent environments. With its balance of attention to universal and culture-specific concerns, __Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison__ will be of particular interest to sociologists, gerontologists, and policymakers. “__Given the rapid adoption of the age-friendly perspective, following its development by the World Health Organization, the critical assessment offered in this volume is especially welcome__”. Professor Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction: Toward a Better Understanding of AFCC....Pages 1-16 Front Matter....Pages 17-17 A Critical Review of the WHO Age-Friendly Cities Methodology and Its Implementation....Pages 19-36 The WHO Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Origins, Developments and Challenges....Pages 37-46 Population Ageing from a Global and Theoretical Perspective: European Lessons on Active Ageing....Pages 47-64 Active Ageing and Age-Friendly Cities—A Personal Account....Pages 65-77 Front Matter....Pages 79-79 It’s About the People...: Seniors’ Perspectives on Age-Friendly Communities....Pages 81-98 How Can a Research Program Enhance a Policy? AFC-Quebec Governance and Evaluation Opportunities....Pages 99-120 Age-Friendly Hong Kong....Pages 121-151 The Implementation of Age-Friendly Cities in Three Districts of Argentina....Pages 153-170 Age-Friendly New York City: A Case Study....Pages 171-190 “Age-Friendly Cities” in France: Between Local Dynamics and Segmented Old Age Policy....Pages 191-212 A Belgian Case Study: Lack of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Knowledge and Social Participation Practices in Wallonia....Pages 213-228 Whose Responsibility? Challenges to Creating an Age-Friendly Victoria in the Wider Australian Policy Context....Pages 229-245 Toward an Age-Friendly European Union....Pages 247-255 Front Matter....Pages 257-257 Age Friendliness, Childhood, and Dementia: Toward Generationally Intelligent Environments....Pages 259-276 Active and Healthy Ageing: Blended Models and Common Challenges in Supporting Age-Friendly Cities and Communities....Pages 277-304 Age-Friendly Cities: For Whom? By Whom? For What Purpose?....Pages 305-329 Back Matter....Pages 331-337 The supportive role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this unique resource, using the WHOĺls Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case studies from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and elsewhere demonstrate how the model translates to fit diverse social, political, and economic realities across cultures and continents, ways age-friendly programs promote senior empowerment, and how their value can be effectively assessed. Age-friendly criteria for communities are defined and critiqued while extensive empirical data describe challenges as they affect elders globally and how environmental support can help meet them. These chapters offer age-friendly cities as a corrective to the overemphasis on the medical aspects of eldersĺl lives, and should inspire new research, practice, and public policy. Included in the coverage: A critical review of the WHO Age-Friendly Cities Methodology and its implementation. Seniorsĺl perspectives on age-friendly communities. The implementation of age-friendly cities in three districts of Argentina. Age-friendly New York City: a case study. Toward an age-friendly European Union. Age-friendliness, childhood, and dementia: toward generationally intelligent environments. With its balance of attention to universal and culture-specific concerns, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison will be of particular interest to sociologists, gerontologists, and policymakers. ĺlGiven the rapid adoption of the age-friendly perspective, following its development by the World Health Organization, the critical assessment offered in this volume is especially welcomeĺl. Professor Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester> The supportive role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this unique resource, using the WHO's Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case studies from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and elsewhere demonstrate how the model translates to fit diverse social, political, and economic realities across cultures and continents, ways age-friendly programs promote senior empowerment, and how their value can be effectively assessed. Age-friendly criteria for communities are defined and critiqued while extensive empirical data describe challenges as they affect elders globally and how environmental support can help meet them. These chapters offer age-friendly cities as a corrective to the overemphasis on the medical aspects of elders' lives, and should inspire new research, practice, and public policy. Included in the coverage: A critical review of the WHO Age-Friendly Cities Methodology and its implementation. Seniors' perspectives on age-friendly communities. The implementation of age-friendly cities in three districts of Argentina. Age-friendly New York City: a case study. Toward an age-friendly European Union. Age-friendliness, childhood, and dementia: toward generationally intelligent environments. With its balance of attention to universal and culture-specific concerns, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison will be of particular interest to sociologists, gerontologists, and policymakers. zGiven the rapid adoption of the age-friendly perspective, following its development by the World Health Organization, the critical assessment offered in this volume is especially welcomey. Professor Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester "The supportive role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this unique resource, using the WHO's Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case studies from the U.S., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, and elsewhere demonstrate how the model translates to fit diverse social, political, and economic realities across cultures and continents, ways age-friendly programs promote senior empowerment, and how their value can be effectively assessed. Age-friendly criteria for communities are defined and critiqued while extensive empirical data describe challenges as they affect elders globally and how environmental support can help meet them. These chapters offer age-friendly cities as a corrective to the overemphasis on the medical aspects of elders' lives, and should inspire new research, practice, and public policy. Included in the coverage: A critical review of the WHO Age-Friendly Cities Methodology and its implementation; Seniors' perspectives on age-friendly communities; The implementation of age-friendly cities in three districts of Argentina; Age-friendly New York City: a case study; Toward an age-friendly European Union; Age-friendliness, childhood, and dementia: toward generationally intelligent environments. With its balance of attention to universal and culture-specific concerns, Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison will be of particular interest to sociologists, gerontologists, and policymakers." -- Back cover