Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Socio-spatial dynamics between younger and older adults in contemporary societies
Is residential age segregation natural, inevitable or unproblematic? Age is arguably an influential demographic characteristic on the evolution of residential geographies, and yet it is largely over-looked in most studies of residential segregation. The aim of this presentation is twofold. First, I will provide evidence from the UK context of the age-specificity of residential segregation, showing that residential locales are becoming less mixed as demonstrated by an increasing trend in the age differentiation of places over time. While this trend has traditionally been associated with rural areas, I will show that the most rapid increases are now found in urban areas. In the second part, I will provide an overview of the long-term processes involved and will emphasise the relevance of socio-spatial dynamics between younger and older adults in contemporary societies. In what follows, I will argue that spatial (or residential) segregation by age should be of social and political concern in post-industrial, ageing societies, not least because like other forms of segregation, the spatial separation by age can hinder essential opportunities for older and younger individuals to meet and interact whilst reinforcing a dichotomy between ‘us’ and ‘them’ that increases competition between age groups for limited public resources to support the interests, agendas, services, and institutions that best meet age-specific needs. ; Fundación BBVA ; No
Socio-spatial dynamics between younger and older adults in contemporary societies
Is residential age segregation natural, inevitable or unproblematic? Age is arguably an influential demographic characteristic on the evolution of residential geographies, and yet it is largely over-looked in most studies of residential segregation. The aim of this presentation is twofold. First, I will provide evidence from the UK context of the age-specificity of residential segregation, showing that residential locales are becoming less mixed as demonstrated by an increasing trend in the age differentiation of places over time. While this trend has traditionally been associated with rural areas, I will show that the most rapid increases are now found in urban areas. In the second part, I will provide an overview of the long-term processes involved and will emphasise the relevance of socio-spatial dynamics between younger and older adults in contemporary societies. In what follows, I will argue that spatial (or residential) segregation by age should be of social and political concern in post-industrial, ageing societies, not least because like other forms of segregation, the spatial separation by age can hinder essential opportunities for older and younger individuals to meet and interact whilst reinforcing a dichotomy between ‘us’ and ‘them’ that increases competition between age groups for limited public resources to support the interests, agendas, services, and institutions that best meet age-specific needs. ; Fundación BBVA ; No
Socio-spatial dynamics between younger and older adults in contemporary societies
Grupo Dinámicas demográficas del CSIC (Autor:in) / Sabater, Albert (Autor:in)
01.01.2018
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710
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