Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 38, 2018: Environments in an Aging Society: Autobiographical Perspectives in Environmental Gerontology, Volume 38
About this ebook
The book examines the origins and growth of Environmental Gerontology, how the personal influences and professional choices of each author is linked to its development, the contextual factors influencing its biographical-intellectual evolution, and its potential implications for an aging society. The Review encompasses research and scholarship in diverse scales/contexts of the physical/built environment; diversity of disciplinary backgrounds represented by related social sciences, health sciences, and environmental design; basic/theoretical and applied/policy-oriented research; and more.
Key Features:
- Promotes a critical understanding of the state of science and art in Environmental Gerontology
- Examines the origin, evolution, development, and future perspective of the field through the unique autobiographical lens of its worldwide pioneers
- Represents theoretical/substantive/applied perspectives through the reflections of preeminent scholars
- Focuses on intellectual development of pioneers in the field
About the author
Habib Chaudhury, PhD, is Chair and Professor, Department of Gerontology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. He is also affiliated with the Centre for Research on Personhood in Dementia at the University of British Columbia.
Frank Oswald, Ph,D, is Professor for Interdisciplinary Ageing Research (IAW), Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany and Chair of the Frankfurt Forum for Interdisciplinary Ageing Research (FFIA).
