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This timely book provides an understanding of how an ageing
population can maintain health in the ageing process in their
preferred homes and neighbourhoods while coping with global crises
of climate change events, infectious diseases, systemic violence,
and radical or extreme industrialisation. It is the first-known
volume to consider the four crises as health and social threats to
healthy longevity from a sustainability perspective. The
book is a collection of commentaries, theoretical frameworks, case
studies, and empirical evidence that: (1) provides an analysis of
how the crises affect neighbourhood attributes and the ability of
residents to use them to maintain health while living in their
preferred neighbourhoods, and (2) suggests potential interventions
for enabling residents to utilise these attributes for health while
living at home in contexts experiencing the
crises. Contributions are authored by scholars and
practitioners from various disciplines including public health,
health care, architecture, engineering, human resources
development, information technology, and finance. Among the
topics covered: The Impact of Crises on Older Adults’ Health and
Function: An Intergenerational Perspective A Behavioural
Approach to Sustainable Neighbourhoods: A Philosophical
Construction of a Friendly Neighbourhood Assistive Technologies for
Ageing in Place: A Theoretical Proposition of Human Development
Postulates “Sustainable Ageing” in a World of
Crises Sustainable Neighbourhoods for Ageing in Place: An
Interdisciplinary Voice Against Global Crises serves as both a
primary and secondary text particularly suited for post-graduate
level study (e.g., MSc, PhD). Each chapter richly describes events,
phenomena and models in a way that fits contemporary curricula for
students and instructors in sociology, gerontology, architecture,
environmental science studies, sustainability, ageing studies, and
public health. Researchers in a broad range of disciplines can use
the book as a research guide to design their studies based on
models and insights described in its contents. With theoretical
frameworks and recommendations from this book, stakeholders can
understand what a sustainable neighbourhood is in the context of
crises by presenting problems and solutions from different
countries and disciplines.
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