An institutional perspective of “Glocalization” in two Asian tigers: The “Structure−Agent−Strategy” of building an age-friendly city

Habitat International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2017, Pages 101-109

  Sun, Yi ^a   Chao, Tzu Yuan ^b   Woo, Jean ^a   Au, Doreen W H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age friendly city; Glocalization; Hong Kong; Politics of scale; Strategic relational approach (SRA); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

CHIAYI; CHINA; HONG KONG; TAIWAN;

EID: 85001075457     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.11.013     Document Type: Article

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