Author

Publication

2015-10-01 - Routledge

Language

English

Word Count

60,500 words, Guess

Page Count

242 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015012720
  • Amazon1138845264

Classifications

  • LCCHQ1061 .A4244184 2016
  • LCCHQ1061.A4244184 2016

Description

"People are growing old in resource-dependent communities that were neither originally designed nor presently equipped to support an ageing population. This book provides cutting edge theoretical and empirical insights into the emergent dimension of rural population aging, to understand the diverse experiences of, and responses to, rural population ageing in the early 21st century. The book contextualising the conceptual foundations of resource frontier aging, and explores three central themes of rural population ageing, rural community development and rural voluntarism. By exploring the links among these three themes the book provides the conceptual and empirical foundations for the future agenda of rural ageing research. This timely contribution contains 15 original chapters by leading international experts from Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, and Norway. "-- "People are growing old in resource-dependent communities that were neither originally designed nor presently equipped to support an ageing population. This book provides cutting edge theoretical and empirical insights into the emergent dimension of rural population aging, to understand the diverse experiences of, and responses to, rural population ageing in the early 21st century. The book contextualising the conceptual foundations of resource frontier aging, and explores three central themes of rural population ageing, rural community development and rural voluntarism. By exploring the links among these three themes the book provides the conceptual and empirical foundations for the future agenda of rural ageing research. This timely contribution contains 15 original chapters by leading international experts from Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, and Norway"--

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Other Editions

  • Ageing Resource Communities: New frontiers of rural population change, community development and voluntarismHardcoverRoutledge2015-10-01

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