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Author:   Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9780367331900

ISBN 10:   036733190
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   14 May 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors 1 Population Ageing in the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities for Planners Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao 2 The Need for an Age-Friendly Environment and Rethinking of Urban Planning and Design Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao 3 Scale Matters : Age-Friendly Planning as a New Urban Governance Agenda Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao 4 Planning for Ageing-in-Place: International Age-Friendly Environment Case Studies Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao and Balint Kalman 5 Listening to the Elders: The Case of a Bottom-Up, Context-Sensitive Place Audit in Tai Po District of Hong Kong Yi Sun, Anna Wong, Anson K. C. Chau, Moses Wong, and Jean Woo 6 Ageing and Mobility: Towards Age-Friendly Public Transport in Taiwan Hui Hui Lim, Oliver F. Shyr, and Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao 7 Ageing- and Walking-Friendly Communities Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao 8 From Isolation to Inclusion: The Importance of Empowerment in Planning Age-Friendly Communities Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao and Hsiang-Leng Chen 9 Ageing and Disaster Resilient Communities Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao and Huiwen Huang 10 Towards the Silver 21st Century: A Conclusion Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao Index

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Tzu-Yuan Stessa Chao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and a Research Fellow in the Healthy City Research Center at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Her research focuses on demographic change and urban planning systems. She was the first project leader of the National Age-Friendly Cities Program in Taiwan in 2010–2011 and has been highly involved in Age-Friendly Cities research in Taiwan as well as Asia.

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