Geographies of Transport and Ageing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Curl, Angela (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Musselwhite, Charles (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Human geography.; Aging.; Urban geography.; Economic development.; Social change.; Culture-Study and teaching.; Human Geography.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Development and Social Change.; Regional and Cultural Studies.

This book presents a unique geographical perspective on issues of transport and mobility for ageing populations. Society is ageing across the globe. As well as living longer, older people are fitter, healthier and more active than previous generations were. There is both a desire and a need to be mo...