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The mobility of elderly residents living in suburban territories
— mobility experiences in Canada and France | | Author(s) | Sebastien Lord, Nicolas Luxembourg |
| Journal title | Journal of Housing for the Elderly, vol 20, no 4, 2006 |
| Pages | pp 103-122 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Suburbs ; Qualitative Studies ; Canada ; France. |
| Annotation | Many authors have observed older people's aspirations to age in place. Ageing residents adapt to their residential environment according to their autonomy level, their financial and social resources, as well as the meanings they invest in both residential situations and lifestyle. However, the suburbs constitute a challenge for ageing residents' intentions to remain in their home for as long as possible, since these low density environments encourage care dependency for almost every daily activity. While many studies have investigated the daily mobility patterns of older people living in such areas, most have focused on aspects linked to transport and driving security. This article reports two interdisciplinary qualitative researches on older suburbanites' daily mobility: a group of 56 living in Quebec City's post-war suburbs in Canada, and 36 in Marseilles' peri-urban suburbs in France. The results show that we must investigate beyond older people's "emotional attachment" to their "home", in order to explain the everyday tensions underlying accessibility and daily mobility. Ageing in a single-family house is more than a deliberate choice. Moving away from one's neighbourhood is considered a last resort alternative by the majority. Instead, older people from both milieus will adapt their lifestyles to the environment by redesigning daily activities and their mobility practices in order to age in place. Therefore, adapting daily mobility practices to social interactions and social representations all become a sine qua non condition. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070516209 A |
| Classmark | C4: RK6: 3DP: 7S: 765 |
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