Growing old in New Towns: A call for research on health and ageing in planned urban environments

TY - JOUR

T1 - Growing old in New Towns

T2 - A call for research on health and ageing in planned urban environments

AU - Milton, Sarah

AU - Mold, Alex

AU - Tinker, Anthea

AU - Herrick, Clare

PY - 2019/7

Y1 - 2019/7

N2 - This paper focuses on the planning of New Towns in the UK in order to explore what the design and planning of urban spaces can tell us about which populations and their health matter and are prioritized, at different points in time. We concentrate on how ageing was conceptualized, and what this tells us about how ageing societies and bodies are accounted for and understood. Through the dynamic evolution of people and place, we can also come to see that what was once viewed as health promoting can become entangled with the causes of ill health. We recommend further multidisciplinary research into the planning of future cities and urban environments.

AB - This paper focuses on the planning of New Towns in the UK in order to explore what the design and planning of urban spaces can tell us about which populations and their health matter and are prioritized, at different points in time. We concentrate on how ageing was conceptualized, and what this tells us about how ageing societies and bodies are accounted for and understood. Through the dynamic evolution of people and place, we can also come to see that what was once viewed as health promoting can become entangled with the causes of ill health. We recommend further multidisciplinary research into the planning of future cities and urban environments.

KW - Ageing

KW - Planning

KW - Urban health

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068995012&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102166

DO - 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102166

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85068995012

SN - 1353-8292

VL - 58

SP - 1

EP - 4

JO - Health and Place

JF - Health and Place

M1 - 102166

ER -