Exploring Age-Friendly Environments in Rural Settings:Case Study from Finnish Lapland
The environment plays a vital role in ensuring quality of life for older people in the rural north. In this chapter, I examine how older people identify the characteristics of age-friendly environments in rural settings. “Age-friendly environment” can be understood in different ways: as a natural ,...
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ftulaplandcdispu:oai:lacris.ulapland.fi:publications/83e67455-cca1-4536-900a-eb1a4027790d 2023-05-15T16:06:13+02:00 Exploring Age-Friendly Environments in Rural Settings:Case Study from Finnish Lapland Begum, Shahnaj Naskali, Päivi Harbison, Joan R. Begum, Shahnaj 2019 https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/83e67455-cca1-4536-900a-eb1a4027790d https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20603-1 eng eng Springer info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Begum , S 2019 , Exploring Age-Friendly Environments in Rural Settings : Case Study from Finnish Lapland . in P Naskali , J R Harbison & S Begum (eds) , New Challenges to Ageing in the Rural North : A Critical Interdisciplinary Perspective . Springer , International Perspectives on Aging , pp. 123-140 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20603-1 /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/19 Social and economic geography /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/1/17/2 Environmental sciences bookPart 2019 ftulaplandcdispu https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20603-1 2022-10-13T05:53:29Z The environment plays a vital role in ensuring quality of life for older people in the rural north. In this chapter, I examine how older people identify the characteristics of age-friendly environments in rural settings. “Age-friendly environment” can be understood in different ways: as a natural , human-built or social environment. Analysing interviews conducted in the Enontekiö region of northern Finland, I ascertain older people’s perceptions and understanding of what constitutes an age-friendly environment. In addition, I investigate the changes and challenges which older persons encounter in their daily lives that affect the potential of their environment to be age-friendly. The analysis reveals that the key elements of such an environment are good forest, land, fresh water, good connections with family, neighbours, and the community, and an accommodating built environment. Book Part Enontekiö Northern Finland Lapland LaCRIS - University of Lapland Current Research System Enontekiö ENVELOPE(23.632,23.632,68.386,68.386) |
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The environment plays a vital role in ensuring quality of life for older people in the rural north. In this chapter, I examine how older people identify the characteristics of age-friendly environments in rural settings. “Age-friendly environment” can be understood in different ways: as a natural , human-built or social environment. Analysing interviews conducted in the Enontekiö region of northern Finland, I ascertain older people’s perceptions and understanding of what constitutes an age-friendly environment. In addition, I investigate the changes and challenges which older persons encounter in their daily lives that affect the potential of their environment to be age-friendly. The analysis reveals that the key elements of such an environment are good forest, land, fresh water, good connections with family, neighbours, and the community, and an accommodating built environment. |
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Exploring Age-Friendly Environments in Rural Settings:Case Study from Finnish Lapland |
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Begum , S 2019 , Exploring Age-Friendly Environments in Rural Settings : Case Study from Finnish Lapland . in P Naskali , J R Harbison & S Begum (eds) , New Challenges to Ageing in the Rural North : A Critical Interdisciplinary Perspective . Springer , International Perspectives on Aging , pp. 123-140 . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20603-1 |
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