Overview
- Maps services for aging persons in China
- Covers spatial relationship between supply and demand for multiple services
- Provides suggestions for policy makers and service providers or businesses
Part of the book series: Global Perspectives on Health Geography (GPHG)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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History and Context
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Front Matter
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Spatial Analysis of Supply and Demand of Services for Aging Persons
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Regional and Local Case Studies
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Population growth in China
- Multi-generational family households
- Urbanization
- Elderly healthcare
- Elderly care in China
- NGOs for elderly services
- Spatial distribution of elderly services
- Senior-living facilities
- Spatial pattern of costs
- Elderly food services
- Assisted living and nursing homes
- Medical Geography
About this book
This volume draws upon one of the first comprehensive studies on the regional variations of services for aging persons in China to provide an empirical and theoretical understanding of the impact of China's rapidly growing aging population on the country's socioeconomic, cultural, and political systems. In three parts, the manuscript combines case-oriented comparative methods with variable-oriented statistical and GIS analyses to examine the spatial patterns and relationships between supply and demand of affordable and accessible services for aging persons in China.
Part one gives a historical review of population aging in China, including the development of services for aging persons and government policies and programs geared towards elders. Part two provides an analysis of spatial variations of supply and demand for services including food, housing, health, and community services for aging persons. Part three uses case studies to analyse the regional and local dimensions ofelderly services. Suggestions are made for future planning, development, and policies. This book will appeal to policy makers, city planners, service providing businesses, and advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying economic geography, planning, and regional development.Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Xiaoping Shen is a Professor in the Department of Geography at Central Connecticut State University. Her research interests include spatial analysis of services for aging persons, area risk factors influence human health, economic geography, and China studies.
Dr. Shangyi Zhou is a Professor in the Faculty of Geographical Science and Head of the Institute of Regional and Urban Planning at Beijing Normal University. She is also Director of the Cultural Geography Commission in the Geographical Society of China, executive member of Gerontology and Geriatric Health Association of China. Her research interests include cultural geography in developing China, and the aging population in China.
Dr. Xiulan Zhang is a Professor and founding Dean of the School of Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing Normal University. She is also the Director of the Social Policy Analysis Information Center. Her research interests include social policy, community development, and rural poverty in China.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Services for Aging Persons in China
Book Subtitle: Spatial Variations in Supply and Demand
Authors: Xiaoping Shen, Shangyi Zhou, Xiulan Zhang
Series Title: Global Perspectives on Health Geography
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98032-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-98031-3Published: 24 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-98034-4Published: 25 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-98032-0Published: 23 May 2022
Series ISSN: 2522-8005
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 150
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Medical Geography, Public Health, Development and Health, Human Geography, Regional/Spatial Science, Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences