From environmental stress to spatial expulsion - rethinking concepts of socio-spatial exclusion in later life
- 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.
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| Author: | Anna WankaORCiDGND, Thibauld Moulaert, Matthias Drilling |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-532291 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.18402 |
| ISSN: | 1652-8670 |
| Parent Title (German): | International journal of ageing and later life |
| Publisher: | Linköping University Electronic Press |
| Place of publication: | Linköping |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2018/12/14 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2018/12/14 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2020/04/30 |
| Tag: | age-friendly cities and communities; critical gerontology; environmental gerontology; spatial exclusion; urban sociology |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Page Number: | 27 |
| First Page: | 25 |
| Last Page: | 51 |
| Note: | 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. |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 465976123 |
| Institutes: | Erziehungswissenschaften / Erziehungswissenschaften |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
| 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit | |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 4.0 |
