Environmental Gerontology in Europe and Latin America

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

   PDF

2. Introduction to Environmental Gerontology in Latin America and Europe

   • Diego Sánchez-González, Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez

   Pages 1-7

3. Policies and Perspectives International in Aging and Environment

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

      PDF

   2. Approaches to Environmental Gerontology in the Mediterranean Europe and Latin America: Policy and Practice on Ageing and Place

      • Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Diego Sánchez-González

      Pages 11-44

   3. Population Ageing in the Context of Globalization

      • Hania Zlotnik

      Pages 45-72

   4. Aging, Mobility and Migration in Latin America

      • Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez

      Pages 73-91

   5. Environment, Health and Ageing

      • George W. Leeson

      Pages 93-104

   6. Adjustments to Physical-Social Environment of the Elderly to Climate Change: Proposals from Environmental Gerontology

      • Diego Sánchez-González, Rosalía Chávez-Alvarado

      Pages 105-126

4. Aging and the Urban Environments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127

      PDF

   2. Urban Environment, Health and Ageing in Latin America

      • María Victoria Zunzunegui

      Pages 129-147

   3. Residential Environment and Health Conditions Among Older-Adults in Community-Dwelling in Spain: What Influences Quality of Life?

      • Fermina Rojo-Pérez, Gloria Fernández-Mayoralas, Maria-João Forjaz, María-Eugenia Prieto-Flores, Pablo Martínez-Martín

      Pages 149-174

   4. Role and Function of Urban Habitat in the Quality of Life of Older People: The Case of Valparaíso, Chile

      • Giulietta Fadda, Alejandra Cortés, Alessandra Olivi

      Pages 175-200

5. Place, Housing and Aging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

      PDF

   2. Place Attachment and Perceived Environmental Uncertainty in Elder Adults Living in the Renewed Kibbutz

      • Hernan Casakin, Abira Reizer

      Pages 203-218

   3. Identity, Attachment and Roots in Aging

      • Alejandro Klein

      Pages 219-226

   4. The Spatial Practices of the Elderly in Rural Settings

      • Felipe R. Vázquez-Palacios

      Pages 227-239

6. Public Policies, Planning and Practices on Built Environment and Aging

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241

      PDF

   2. Public Policies on Housing, Environment and Ageing in Latin America

      • María Elena Acosta-Maldonado

      Pages 243-258

   3. Planning the Built Environment, Institutions and Aging in Latin America

      • Sergio Luiz Valente Tomasini, Sergio Antonio Carlos, Beatriz Fedrizzi, Johannes Doll

      Pages 259-275

   4. Developing Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Brussels and Manchester and Implications for Policy and Practice

      • Tine Buffel, Paul McGarry, Chris Phillipson, Liesbeth De Donder, Sarah Dury, Nico De Witte et al.

      Pages 277-296

This book looks at the relationships between the physical-social environment and the elderly in Europe and Latin America, from the Environmental Gerontology perspective and through geographical and psychosocial approaches. It addresses the main environmental issues of population ageing, based on an understanding of the complex relationships, adjustments and adaptations between different environments (home, residence, public spaces, landscapes, neighbourhoods, urban and rural environment) and the quality of life of the ageing population, associated with residential strategies and other aspects related to health and dependency. The different levels of socio-spatial analysis are also explored: macro (urban and rural environments, regions and landscapes), meso (neighbourhood, public space) and micro (personal, home and institution). New theoretical and methodological approaches are proposed to analyse the attributes and functions of the physical-social environment of the elderly, as well as new ways of living the ageing process. All will have to respond to the challenges of urbanisation, globalisation and climate change in the 21st century. Also, the different experiences and challenges of public planning and management professionals involved with the growing ageing population are presented, and will require greater association and collaboration with the academic and scientific fields of Environmental Gerontology.

• Active aging
• Environmental issues of population aging
• Family members and carers
• Home, residence, neighbourhood, urban and rural environment
• Physical-social environments and the elderly
• Quality of life in the elderly

• Faculty of Architecture, Autonomous University of Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico

  Diego Sánchez-González

• Geography and Demography (IEGD), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institute of Economics, Madrid, Spain

  Vicente Rodríguez-Rodríguez

Policies and ethics