TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wanka, Anna
A1  - Moulaert, Thibauld
A1  - Drilling, Matthias
T1  - From environmental stress to spatial expulsion - rethinking concepts of socio-spatial exclusion in later life
T2  - International journal of ageing and later life
N2  - Gerontology has a longstanding tradition of researching the relationship between older adults and their socio-spatial environments. However, environmental gerontology often shares a positivistic understanding of space as either a “prosthetic” or a stressor and consequently searches for the “best fit” between a person and their environment. In this article, we argue for a stronger theoretical corpus on social and territorial exclusion in later life by exploring concepts from urban and environmental sociology, as well as examining the usefulness of these concepts for gerontological thinking. In doing so, we discuss trans-European research traditions beyond the hegemonic body of Anglo-Saxon literature. In conclusion, we discuss how gerontology and sociology might exchange ideas in order to build a stronger theoretical background on the relations between age, space and exclusion.
KW  - environmental gerontology
KW  - spatial exclusion
KW  - critical gerontology
KW  - age-friendly cities and communities
KW  - urban sociology
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/53229
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-532291
SN  - 1652-8670
N1  - The International Journal of Ageing and Later Life uses a Creative Commons: Attribution Non-commercial license which allows users to distribute the work and to reform or build upon it without the author's permission, for non-commercial purposes. Full reference to the author must be given.
VL  - 12
SP  - 25
EP  - 51
PB  - Linköping University Electronic Press
CY  - Linköping
ER  -