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Author Hodge, Gerald

Title The geography of aging : preparing communities for the surge in seniors / Gerald Hodge
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Where Canada's Seniors -- 1. Perspectives for a Geography of Aging -- 2. Where Seniors Live in Canada -- 3. Community Contexts of Seniors -- pt. 2. How Seniors Use Community Space -- 4. Daily Life in Later Life -- 5. Seniors' Community Geography -- pt. 3. Future Seniors and Their Communities -- 6. From Baby Boom to Seniors' Surge -- 7. Impact of the Seniors' Surge on Communities -- pt. 4. Preparing Communities for the Seniors' Surge -- 8. Developing a Seniors' Planning Perspective -- 9. Planning and Designing Senior-Smart Communities -- Appendix. Internet Resources on Aging and Community Environments
Summary Gerald Hodge uses the latest statistics to map the current and future spatial distribution of Canada's seniors and their diversity. Drawing on tested aging-environmental research and years of planning experience, he delineates the everyday geography of seniors and proposes a comprehensive framework for all communities - large and small, urban, suburban, and rural - that will allow them to respond to the needs of a rapidly aging population while recognizing the importance of maintaining the independence of their seniors. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Aging -- Social aspects -- Canada
City planning -- Canada
Older people -- Services for -- Canada
Baby boom generation -- Canada
Barrier-free design for older people -- Canada
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Aging -- Social aspects
Baby boom generation
Barrier-free design for older people
City planning
Older people -- Services for
Population
SUBJECT Canada -- Population -- 21st century
Subject Canada
Form Electronic book
LC no. cn2008901840
ISBN 9780773574755
0773574751
1282864653
9781282864658
9786612864650
6612864656