TY - JOUR
T1 - A Manifesto for the age-friendly movement: Developing a new urban agenda
AU - Buffel, Tine
AU - Phillipson, Christopher
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful for the feedback and constructive comments from two anonymous referees in the preparation of this article. We would like to thank the members of the International Network on Population and Ageing and Urbanisation network and the range of groups involved in promoting the age-friendly agenda. We are also grateful for the support received from Paul McGarry, strategic lead, Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and Age-Friendly Manchester, and from Samuèle Rémillard-Boilard.
Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge support from a Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship within the Seventh Framework Programme, European Union Research and Development Funding Programme (Grant No: 330354) and the Economic and Social Research Council under the Future Research Leaders scheme (Grant No: ES/N002180/1).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Taylor & Francis.
PY - 2018/3/15
Y1 - 2018/3/15
N2 - Developing ‘Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC)’ has become a key part of policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people in urban areas. The World Health Organization has been especially important in driving the ‘Age-Friendly’ agenda, notably through its Global Network of AFCC. Despite the expansion and achievements of the Network, challenges remain in responding to the growth of inequality and the impact of economic austerity on aging policies. Against the background of these limitations, this paper sets out a ‘Manifesto for the age-friendly movement’ aimed at raising the aspirations of what is now a world-wide movement. The areas covered in the Manifesto are: challenging social inequality; widening participation; co-producing and co-designing age-friendly communities; encouraging multi-sectorial and multi-disciplinary collaboration; and integrating research with policy. The paper concludes with a discussion on developing age-friendly work as a contribution to a new agenda for urban aging.
AB - Developing ‘Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (AFCC)’ has become a key part of policies aimed at improving the quality of life of older people in urban areas. The World Health Organization has been especially important in driving the ‘Age-Friendly’ agenda, notably through its Global Network of AFCC. Despite the expansion and achievements of the Network, challenges remain in responding to the growth of inequality and the impact of economic austerity on aging policies. Against the background of these limitations, this paper sets out a ‘Manifesto for the age-friendly movement’ aimed at raising the aspirations of what is now a world-wide movement. The areas covered in the Manifesto are: challenging social inequality; widening participation; co-producing and co-designing age-friendly communities; encouraging multi-sectorial and multi-disciplinary collaboration; and integrating research with policy. The paper concludes with a discussion on developing age-friendly work as a contribution to a new agenda for urban aging.
KW - Age-friendly communities
KW - social exclusion
KW - urban development
KW - urban aging
KW - Co-production
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U2 - 10.1080/08959420.2018.1430414
DO - 10.1080/08959420.2018.1430414
M3 - Article
SN - 0895-9420
VL - 30
SP - 173
EP - 192
JO - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
JF - Journal of Aging and Social Policy
IS - 2
ER -
