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The book examines the origins and growth of Environmental Gerontology, how the personal influences and professional choices of each author is linked to its development, the contextual factors influencing its biographical-intellectual evolution, and its potential implications for an aging society. The Review encompasses research and scholarship in diverse scales/contexts of the physical/built environment; diversity of disciplinary backgrounds represented by related social sciences, health sciences, and environmental design; basic/theoretical and applied/policy-oriented research; and more.
Key Features:Promotes a critical understanding of the state of science and art in Environmental Gerontology
Examines the origin, evolution, development, and future perspective of the field through the unique autobiographical lens of its worldwide pioneers
Represents theoretical/substantive/applied perspectives through the reflections of preeminent scholars
Focuses on intellectual development of pioneers in the field
The book examines the origins and growth of Environmental Gerontology, how the personal influences and professional choices of each author is linked to its development, the contextual factors influencing its biographical-intellectual evolution, and its potential implications for an aging society. The Review encompasses research and scholarship in diverse scales/contexts of the physical/built environment; diversity of disciplinary backgrounds represented by related social sciences, health sciences, and environmental design; basic/theoretical and applied/policy-oriented research; and more.
Key Features:Promotes a critical understanding of the state of science and art in Environmental Gerontology
Examines the origin, evolution, development, and future perspective of the field through the unique autobiographical lens of its worldwide pioneers
Represents theoretical/substantive/applied perspectives through the reflections of preeminent scholars
Focuses on intellectual development of pioneers in the field
Contents:
About the Volume Editors
Habib Chaudhury
Frank Oswald
Contributors
Forthcoming and Previous Volumes in the Series
Preface
Chapter 1: In the Rearview Mirror: Personal Reflections in Environmental Gerontology
Habib Chaudhury and Frank Oswald
PART 1: Conceptual Evolution in Environmental Gerontology
Chapter 2: The Environment as Developmental Context: In All Ages but Certainly in Old
Age
Hans-Werner Wahl
Chapter 3: Being There: Personal Reflection on a Quest for Understanding the Meaning of Place in Environmental Gerontology
Graham Rowles
Chapter 4: Intellectual Origins of Residential Normalcy Theory
Stephen Golant
Chapter 5: Personal Biography and the Development of Gerontological Environmental Theory
Robert Rubinstein
PART 2: Home and Neighborhood
Chapter 6: Reflections on a Professional Journey to Making Home Life Better for Older Adults and Families
Laura Gitlin
Chapter 7: From Occupational Therapy to Environmental Gerontology
Susanne Iwarsson
Chapter 8: Home Thoughts
Sheila Peace
Chapter 9: Housing for Older Adults: A Personal Journey in Environmental Gerontology
Jon Pynoos
Chapter 10: The Role of Community and the Environment in the Lives of Older People: Understanding Local and Global Social Change
Chris Phillipson
Chapter 11: A "Good Fit": Professionally Aging in Small Kansas Towns
Rick Scheidt
PART 3: Care Environments: Housing with Support Services and Long Term Care Settings
Chapter 12: Finding Place: An Intellectual Journey
Benyamin Schwarz
Chapter 13: The Art of Questioning
Margaret Calkins
Chapter 14: A Compelling Societal Problem Makes for a Good Professional Life
Victor Regnier
Chapter 15: Discovering Environment-Behavior Studies: A Personal Adventure
John Zeisel
Chapter 16: A Career Outside the Mainstream
Edward Steinfeld
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780826179869 |
| ISBN-10: | 082617986X |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Chaudhury, Habib |
| Redaktion: |
Chaudhury, Habib
Oswald, Frank |
| Auflage: | 38. Auflage |
| Hersteller: | Springer Publishing Company |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 19 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Habib Chaudhury (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.11.2017 |
| Gewicht: | 0,482 kg |