International Perspectives on Age-Friendly Cities

The vast majority of resources in public initiatives to support older people are invested in financial security, health care, and long-term care, where the focus is on individual benefits. Community features have received much less systematic attention. This volume explores how the effort to make cities livable for older people is a specialized version of efforts to make cities more livable for people of all ages. The livable community movement coincides with appreciation for development in places with sufficient density to provide walkable distances between residential and commercial areas, and density sufficient to provide the basis for viable public transportation.

Kelly G. Fitzgerald is a senior scientist and adjunct graduate faculty member at Western Kentucky University's Center for Gerontology. Francis G. Caro is a professor emeritus of Gerontology at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the editor of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy.

Foreword: International Perspectives on Age-Friendly Cities John R. Beard and Lisa Warth. Acknowledgments. Introduction: International Perspectives on Age-Friendly Cities Kelly G. Fitzgerald and Francis G. Caro Part I: Case Studies: Cross-Cutting Themes. Europe. 1. Developing Age-Friendly Cities: Case Studies from Brussels and Manchester and Implications for Policy and Practice Tine Buffel, Paul McGarry, Chris Phillipson, Liesbeth De Donder, Sarah Dury, Nico De Witte, An-Sofie Smetcoren and Dominique Verté 2. Ireland's Age Friendly Cities and Counties: The Development of a National Program Sinead Shannon and Hugh O'Connor. Asia. 3. From Age-Friendly Research to Age-Friendly City and Age-Friendly Regional Network: Case of Tuymazy and Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation Gulnara A. Minnigaleeva 4. Successful Aging in High-Density City State: A Review of Singapore's Aging Policies and Urban Initiatives Keng Hua Chong, Zheng Jia, Debbie Loo and Mihye Cho. Canada. 5. Lessons Learned from a Canadian, Province-Wide Age-Friendly Initiative: The Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative Verena H. Menec, Sheila Novek, Dawn Veselyuk and Jennifer McArthur 6. Age-Friendly City in Quebec (Canada), or "Alone It Goes Faster, Together It Goes Further" Suzanne Garon, Mario Paris, Andréanne Laliberté, Anne Veil and Marie Beaulieu. United States 7. Portland, Oregon: A Case Study of Efforts to Become More Age Friendly Alan DeLaTorre and Margaret B. Neal 8. The Environment of Environmental Change: The Impact of City Realities on the Success of Age-Friendly Programs Allen Glicksman and Lauren Ring Part II: Special Topics 9. Commentary: Changing Practice and Policy to Move to Scale: A Framework for Age-Friendly Communities across the United States M. Scott Ball and Kathryn Lawler 10. Transforming the Way We Live Together: A Model to Move Communities from Policy to Implementation Laura Keyes, Deborah R. Phillips, Evelina Sterling, Tyrone Manegdeg, Maureen Kelly, Grace Trimble and Cheryl Mayerik 11. Making the Right Moves: Promoting Smart Growth and Active Aging in Communities Kathleen E Sykes and Kristen N. Robinson 12. Does the Village Model Help to Foster Age-Friendly Communities? Andrew E. Scharlach, Joan K. Davitt, Amanda J. Lehning, Emily A. Greenfield and Carrie L. Graham 13. Multigenerational Planning: Integrating the Needs of Elders and Children Mildred E. Warner and George C. Homsy 14. Age-Friendly Community Policy Innovation: Complete Streets Implementation in Louisiana, United States Billy Fields and Jason Tudor 15. Age-Friendly Cities and the WHO Checklist: Lessons from a Portuguese Survey Alexandra Lopes, Teresa Pinto and Rute Lemos. Appendix to Chapter 15: Age-Friendly Cities and the WHO Checklist: Lessons from a Portuguese Survey Alexandra Lopes, Teresa Pinto and Rute Lemos