Ageing-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore, Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America

This book brings together the emerging body of work on age-friendly neighbourhoods in Singapore, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and North America. It begins with an overview chapter on the current state of policy, practice and research on age-friendly neighbourhoods in Singapore. This is followed by an annotated bibliography of published materials on age-friendly neighbourhoods in the above-mentioned countries and regions, encompassing theoretical work and empirical research reported on in journal articles, books and conference proceedings. The annotations for Singapore also map the grey literature, including unpublished dissertations and theses. The aim is to provide a sense of the scope of, issues in, and discourse on age-friendly neighbourhoods, the development of which is increasingly being recognised as a key strategy to support healthy ageing and enhance quality of life in ageing societies.

• Age-friendly neighborhoods
• Singapore, Asia-Pacific, Europe, North America
• Healthy ageing
• Quality of life as people age
• Built environment
• Older adults
• Ageing in place
• Older population housing
• Ageing research
• Livable communities for an ageing population
• Wellbeing
• urban geography and urbanism

• Lee Li Ming Programme in Ageing Urbanism, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Singapore

  Belinda Yuen, Špela Močnik, Freya C.H. Yu, Winston Yap

Belinda Yuen is a Professorial Fellow and Research Director at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design, where she directs the Lee Li Ming Programme in Ageing Urbanism. She is interested in the study of cities, and in particular, in understanding the interactions between the urban built environment and its social, cultural and environmental dynamics. Belinda holds a B.A. (with honours) in Geography from the University of Singapore, an M.A. in Town and Regional Planning from the University of Sheffield, U.K., and a Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, Australia. 

Špela Močnik is a Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design. She is part of the Lee Li Ming Programme in Ageing Urbanism and of the “Innovative Planning and Design of Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore” project. She is an interdisciplinary sociologist specialising in the study of critical theory, multiculturalism, globalisation, cosmopolitanism, ageing societies and Southeast Asian urbanisms. Špela holds an M.A. (with distinction) from the University of Warwick, U.K., and a Ph.D. from the University of Sussex, U.K. 

Freya C.H. Yu is a senior research assistant with the Lee Li Ming Programme in Ageing Urbanism at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. She completed her training in clinical medicine at Sun Yat-sen University, China, and received her Master of Public Health from the University of Hong Kong. Her main research interest is in population health, especially geriatric research. 

Winston Yap is a research assistant at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design and is attached to the “Innovative Planning and Design of Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Singapore” project. His background is in the field of urban planning and real estate development, with a Bachelor of Real Estate and Master in Urban Planning from the National University of Singapore. His research interests include the active pedestrianisation of streets, street programming, urban gentrification, public life studies of urban spaces, and the role of big data analytics in shaping urban decision-making.

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