Age-friendly cities, knowledge and urban restructuring

Age-friendly cities and communities have emerged as a significant policy, participative and governance response to ageing and its spatial effects. This paper argues that it has important benefits in mobilizing older people, placing age on the urban agenda and building recognition across politicians,...

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Published inInternational planning studies Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 62 - 76
Main Authors Murtagh, Brendan, Cleland, Claire, Ferguson, Sara, Ellis, Geraint, Hunter, Ruth, Rodriguez Añez, Ciro Romelio, Becker, Leonardo Augusto, Hino, Adriano Akira Ferreira, Reis, Rodrigo Siqueira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Advocacy
Age-friendly
Aging
Belfast
Governance
Health care
knowledge
Older people
Policy making
Redevelopment
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Summary:Age-friendly cities and communities have emerged as a significant policy, participative and governance response to ageing and its spatial effects. This paper argues that it has important benefits in mobilizing older people, placing age on the urban agenda and building recognition across politicians, policy makers and programme managers. Based on the experience of Belfast (UK), the analysis suggests, however, that it needs to be understood within wider urban restructuring processes, the importance of the property economy and how planning practices favour particular groups and modes of development. Drawing on demographic data, policy documents and in-depth interviews, it evaluates the relationship between age and urban regeneration, research-based advocacy and central-local relations in health and place-based care. The paper concludes by highlighting the importance of knowledge in competitive policy arenas and the need to focus on the most excluded and isolated old and where and how they live.
ISSN:1356-3475
1469-9265
DOI:10.1080/13563475.2021.1920374