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  • Gerotopia: Risky Housing for an Ageing Population

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    Bosman, Caryl
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    Bosman, Caryl J.
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    This article explores the influence that baby boomer lifestyle preferences are having on housing landscapes as they enter retirement. The analysis focuses on the emerging phenomenon, in Australia and New Zealand, of Active Adult Lifestyle Communities (AALCs). Using theories of the good life and risk to frame the analysis, I investigate the impacts of AALCs in the US and provide critical insights into the planning and provision of housing for an ageing population. Research finds that AALCs are marketable commodities and that they also have a positive contribution to make to the health and wellbeing of residents. However I ...
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    This article explores the influence that baby boomer lifestyle preferences are having on housing landscapes as they enter retirement. The analysis focuses on the emerging phenomenon, in Australia and New Zealand, of Active Adult Lifestyle Communities (AALCs). Using theories of the good life and risk to frame the analysis, I investigate the impacts of AALCs in the US and provide critical insights into the planning and provision of housing for an ageing population. Research finds that AALCs are marketable commodities and that they also have a positive contribution to make to the health and wellbeing of residents. However I raise questions in regard to equity concerns and the sustainability of these types of developments.
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    Journal Title
    Housing, Theory and Society
    Volume
    29
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/14036096.2011.641259
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 Routledge, Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in Housing, Theory and Society, Volume 29, Issue 2, 2012 , Pages 157-171. Housing, Theory and Society is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article.
    Subject
    Urban and regional planning
    Urban analysis and development
    Urban and regional planning not elsewhere classified
    Human geography
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/46743
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