Gerotopia: Risky Housing for an Ageing Population

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Bosman, Caryl
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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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 ...
View more >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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View more >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
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