Ageing and community: Introduction to the special issue

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-11

  Provencher, Claudine ^a   Keating, Norah ^b   Warburton, Jeni ^c   Roos, Vera ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Age friendly communities; Ageing; Ageing in place; Community; Definitions of community; Older people

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891944012     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2171     Document Type: Article

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