Ageing in a low-density urban city: Transportation mobility as a social equity issue

Ageing and Society

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 296-320

  Adorno, Gail ^a   Fields, Noelle ^a   Cronley, Courtney ^a   Parekh, Rupal ^a   Magruder, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b Senior Source Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ageing; ageing well; older adults; social equity; transportation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING POPULATION; EQUITY; HEALTH CARE; LIFESTYLE; MOBILITY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRANSPORTATION;

ADULT; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HABIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESIDENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL NETWORK; TEXAS; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994096870     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X16000994     Document Type: Article

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