TY - JOUR
T1 - Planning for an ageing city: Place, older people and urban restructuring
AU - Murtagh, Brendan
AU - Ferguson, Sara
AU - Cleland, Claire
AU - Ellis, Geraint
AU - Hunter, Ruth
AU - Kou, Ruibing
AU - Romelio, Ciro
AU - Becker, Leonardo
AU - Hino, Adriano
AU - Siqueira Reis, Rodrigo
PY - 2021/6/2
Y1 - 2021/6/2
N2 - This paper is concerned with the strategic policy processes, economic structures and tactics within which age and place programmes are formed, implemented and evaluated. The research draws on the Multiple Streams Approach to understand the relationship between problem identification, policy processes and politics and how they come together to respond to the needs of older people. Drawing on Belfast (UK) the paper examines the interactions between planning, health and social policies in the creation of an age-friendly city. The data questions the claim to age-friendliness given the way in which older people are increasingly shifted from the asset-rich urban core to the suburban periphery. It highlights the need to understand how structural processes, the property economy and an emphasis on speculative development have favoured policies based on gentrification in general and youthification in particular. The paper reflects on the limitations of MSA but also shows that the challenge of ageing and place is not simply one of weak integration or poor governance. The way in which interests, policies and politics shape better outcomes for older people needs to be factored into initiatives to create a more inclusive approach to urban planning.
AB - This paper is concerned with the strategic policy processes, economic structures and tactics within which age and place programmes are formed, implemented and evaluated. The research draws on the Multiple Streams Approach to understand the relationship between problem identification, policy processes and politics and how they come together to respond to the needs of older people. Drawing on Belfast (UK) the paper examines the interactions between planning, health and social policies in the creation of an age-friendly city. The data questions the claim to age-friendliness given the way in which older people are increasingly shifted from the asset-rich urban core to the suburban periphery. It highlights the need to understand how structural processes, the property economy and an emphasis on speculative development have favoured policies based on gentrification in general and youthification in particular. The paper reflects on the limitations of MSA but also shows that the challenge of ageing and place is not simply one of weak integration or poor governance. The way in which interests, policies and politics shape better outcomes for older people needs to be factored into initiatives to create a more inclusive approach to urban planning.
U2 - 10.1080/23748834.2021.1914506
DO - 10.1080/23748834.2021.1914506
M3 - Article
JO - Cities and Health
JF - Cities and Health
SN - 2374-8834
ER -