A qualitative geographical information systems approach to explore how older people over 70 years interact with and define their neighbourhood environment

Health and Place

Volumn 36, Issue , 2015, Pages 127-133

  Milton, Sarah ^a   Pliakas, Triantafyllos ^a   Hawkesworth, Sophie ^a   Nanchahal, Kiran ^a   Grundy, Chris ^a   Amuzu, Antoinette ^a   Casas, Juan Pablo ^a   Lock, Karen ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Environment; Methods; Neighbourhood; Qualitative geographical information systems; Space

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; INTERVIEW; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84945962809     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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