An Overview of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Around the World

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Fitzgerald, Kelly G ^a   Caro, Francis G ^b  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; SOCIAL POLICY; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGING; CITY; CITY PLANNING; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY; CITIES; CITY PLANNING; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84893214771     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2014.860786     Document Type: Article

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