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Conceptualizing time and behavior in environmental gerontology — a pair of old issues deserving new thought
Author(s)	Stephen M Golant
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 43, no 5, October 2003
Pages	pp 638-648
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Amenities ; Architectural design ; Time conditions ; Behaviour ; Theory.
Annotation	Architects, environmental designers, occupational therapists and human service professionals are variously engaged in efforts to create settings for older people that better fit their changing lifestyles and abilities. This theoretical article argues that to explain and predict more effectively the appropriateness of the settings occupied and used by their older occupants requires models and empirical inquiries that better conceptualise two areas of inquiry: the temporal properties of environments and individuals; and the conceptualisation of environmental behaviours or activities describing how individuals use, manipulate or perform tasks in their settings. The types of constructs and relationships necessary for this inquiry are reviewed and their practical applications considered. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040504213 A
Classmark	RH: R8: YB3: 4E: DM: 4D
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