Rethinking Community: Ageing and Urban Change

This incisive book explores the opportunities and challenges posed by population ageing in relation to community and urbanisation. The authors examine how ageing populations are reshaping the communities in which people live, while also showing how these same environments can generate distinctive pressures that influence the quality of everyday life.

The chapters illustrate how older people negotiate urban change, highlighting inequalities which can limit access to the benefits of urban neighbourhoods, and demonstrate how individuals employ strategies of resistance to overcome challenges. The book makes the case for a new generation of community studies focusing on the impact of changing lifestyles at local as well as at societal levels.

Rethinking Community is a vital resource for scholars and students in the social sciences and related disciplines, including sociology, social gerontology, geography, social anthropology and urban studies. Professionals in urban planning and architecture alongside voluntary and third sector workers in social policy and social work will also benefit from its many practical insights.