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Urban Ageing-Challenges, Spatialities and Gender Perspective
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Urban Ageing-Challenges, Spatialities and Gender Perspective

A special issue of Societies (ISSN 2075-4698).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 23085

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Elzbieta Antczak

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Department of Spatial Econometrics, University of Lodz, 90-255 Lodz, Poland
Interests: spatial analyses; regional studies; sustainable development; migration processes; ageing; spatial economy; economics; spatial statistics and econometrics; environment
Dr. Karolina Lewandowska-Gwarda

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Department of Spatial Econometrics, University of Lodz, Lodz 90-136, Poland
Interests: aging of the population, economics, spatial econometrics, gis, spatial economy, labour market; gis, spatial analysis, economic geography, labour market analysis

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The population is aging rapidly, and this is particularly evident in cities. This demographic shift is not uniform across communities and has been strongly related to gender. Spatial aging discrepancies within cities may be associated with a certain tendency toward territorially divergent concentration of process determinants. Hence, as the older population are expected to fully participate in an aging and urbanizing society, urban aging has a number of implications for public and societal life as well as private spending on pensions, healthcare, education, economic growth, and welfare. By making cities and human settlements safe and resilient for the elderly, governments have been raising the issue of international strategies of inclusive and sustainable development. Men and women both experience urban aging and many of the same diseases or conditions, but the ways they face them differ in terms of the rates, trends, and disease types or subtypes. Spatial and gender perspectives have become increasingly relevant to our understanding of urban aging and should therefore be applied to any issue under discussion.

This Special Issue of Societies seeks research papers on innovative theoretical and methodological approaches in studies on urban aging, but also papers comparing aspects of aging in urban, suburban, or rural settings. Papers addressing gender-related dimensions in aging are especially welcome. In this Special Issue, we also aim to cover the impact of spatiotemporal trend changes on older urban population data. We will prioritize (but are not limited to) well-designed studies that use mixed-methods approaches (qualitative and quantitative) to show the multifaceted relationship between aging and cities. We hope this Special Issue can provide additional high-quality research to support the existing and growing evidence base.

Dr. Elzbieta Antczak
Dr. Karolina Lewandowska-Gwarda
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • urban aging
  • urban sociology
  • healthy and active aging
  • inclusive and sustainable urbanization
  • spatial data analysis
  • gender discrepancies within aging societies
  • social inclusion
  • age-friendly cities
  • determinants of urban aging
  • silver city society and economy

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Representing Women’s Interests in Japan’s Civil Society
by Sae Okura
Societies 2021, 11(3), 91; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11030091 - 2 Aug 2021
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Japan has witnessed marginalization and underrepresentation of women in its civil society. This study examines its extent. It also explores who in Japan’s civil society represent women’s interests by using survey data from civil society organizations. This study reveals that civil society organizations [...] Read more.
Japan has witnessed marginalization and underrepresentation of women in its civil society. This study examines its extent. It also explores who in Japan’s civil society represent women’s interests by using survey data from civil society organizations. This study reveals that civil society organizations are generally led by male leaders, and around half of their staff are male. It also indicates that the number of organizations representing women’s interests is limited, with only 2.2% representing women’s interests. Interestingly, the central actors representing women’s interests include economic and business groups, political groups, labor groups, and civic groups including women’s groups. Full article
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Challenges and Sustainability of China’s Socio-Economic Stability in the Context of Its Demographic Development
by Andrea Čajková and Peter Čajka
Societies 2021, 11(1), 22; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11010022 - 16 Mar 2021
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Like many developed countries in the world, China currently faces many serious demographic challenges that pose a potential risk to the country’s socio-economic development and stability. The current demographic development and trend is characterized by a change in the reproductive behavior of the [...] Read more.
Like many developed countries in the world, China currently faces many serious demographic challenges that pose a potential risk to the country’s socio-economic development and stability. The current demographic development and trend is characterized by a change in the reproductive behavior of the population, characterized by a decline in birth rates, a change in family behavior, and a shift in the value system. This paper is aimed at identifying the impact of population policy and the degree of its influence on both the economic and social system of the country. Based on a deterministic approach, the findings reveal and demonstrate the serious demographic challenges facing China, and we are noting that there is no guarantee that parametric adjustments, such as shifting the retirement age, will de facto ensure the financial health of the pension system by preventing bankruptcy. We point out the risks and prospects for the sustainability of China’s socio-economic development based on an analysis of past and current Chinese demographic policy. Full article
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In the Shadow of the Mountain: A Socio-Historical Case Study on Rapid Population Growth in Two Neighboring Population Centers in the Western United States
by Michael R. Cope, Scott R. Sanders, Carol Ward, Kirk D. Young and Haylie M. June
Societies 2021, 11(1), 5; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11010005 - 9 Jan 2021
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US Census population estimates show that every state in the Western US reported significant population growth increases over the past two decades. Furthermore, Western population growth represents one of the largest and most significant US demographic trends in recent decades. For many Western [...] Read more.
US Census population estimates show that every state in the Western US reported significant population growth increases over the past two decades. Furthermore, Western population growth represents one of the largest and most significant US demographic trends in recent decades. For many Western US communities, this increase in population growth has resulted in significant changes to its residents’ day-to-day lived experience. Dramatic population growth can change the types of services available, economic opportunities, and perceived satisfaction of communities. This change in the lived experience of a community is perhaps most pronounced when small rural communities undergo a rapid increase in population size. To that end, we present a socio-historical narrative case study examining how population growth-historical and contemporary-has shaped residents’ lived experience in two neighboring population centers in the modern rural West: Utah’s Heber Valley and Park City, Utah. Full article
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The Social Justice Impact of the Transit-Oriented Development
by Seunghoon Kim
Societies 2021, 11(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11010001 - 30 Dec 2020
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Transit-oriented development (TOD) is often considered a solution for automobile dependency in the pursuit of sustainability. Although TOD has shown various benefits as sustainable development and smart growth, there are potential downsides, such as transit-induced gentrification (TIG). Even if there were no displacement [...] Read more.
Transit-oriented development (TOD) is often considered a solution for automobile dependency in the pursuit of sustainability. Although TOD has shown various benefits as sustainable development and smart growth, there are potential downsides, such as transit-induced gentrification (TIG). Even if there were no displacement issues with TIG, existing residents could be disadvantaged by a TOD due to affordability problems. This study focuses on these potential affordability issues and aims to evaluate the effects of TOD using residents’ discretionary income (DI) as an indicator of affordability. The light rail transit-oriented development (LRTOD) in Phoenix, AZ, is selected because of the timing of the introduction of development and the simplicity of the light rail transit line. In order to counteract problems induced by a non-random location of TODS, propensity score matching is used. The results indicate that LRTOD can give benefit to all TOD residents. Moreover, the effects of LRTOD on discretionary income of various types of households are not statistically significantly different. We have identified the different magnitudes of the effects of TOD between propensity score matching (PSM)-controlled and uncontrolled models. These indicate the existence of the selection bias of TOD implementation, justifying the adoption of the PSM method. Full article
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Designing the Participation on Local Development Planning: From Literature Review to Adaptive Framework for Practice
by Michal Hrivnák, Peter Moritz, Katarína Melichová, Oľga Roháčiková and Lucia Pospišová
Societies 2021, 11(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/soc11010019 - 8 Mar 2021
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This exploratory review of the literature provides a comprehensive overview of the settings that are available to the planner when managing participatory strategic planning of spatial socio-economic development on the local level. We contextualize individual potential configurations of participation in local development planning [...] Read more.
This exploratory review of the literature provides a comprehensive overview of the settings that are available to the planner when managing participatory strategic planning of spatial socio-economic development on the local level. We contextualize individual potential configurations of participation in local development planning practice, documented in a number of case studies from different parts of the world, in order to reflect the multidimensionality of the participatory planning process. These reflections are used to build a participation plan model, which aimed to help local planners, especially local governments, to optimize the participation of local stakeholders, according to the specifics of the local environment. The paper evaluates the options of planners to manage the participation from perspective of the organization of participation, the determination of its scope, selection of stakeholders, methods and techniques of communication, decision-making and visualization, as well as the deployment of resources, or the possibility of promotion and dissemination of information. As a practical implication of this review, we compose a participation matrix, which is intended to be an auxiliary tool for planners to establish own locally-specific participation plans and that can serve as tool for education, or life-long learning of planners. Full article
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