Retirement lifestyles in a niche housing market: Park-home living in England

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 965-985

  Bevan, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biographical disruption; elective belonging; park homes; retirement lifestyles

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSING MARKET; LIFESTYLE; RETIREMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957276858     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000176     Document Type: Article

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