Geography of Aging

Gerald Hodge, one of Canada's foremost community and regional planners, is the author of Planning Canadian Communities, now in its fifth edition.

• Tables and Figures PART ONE: WHERE CANADA'S SENIORS LIVE1 Perspectives for a Geography of Aging; 2 Where Seniors Live in Canada; 3 Community Contexts of SeniorsPART TWO: HOW SENIORS USE COMMUNITY SPACE4 Daily Life in Later Life; 5 Seniors' Community GeographyPART THREE: FUTURE SENIORS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES6 From Baby Boom to Seniors' Surge; 7 Impact of the Seniors' Surge on CommunitiesPART FOUR: PREPARING COMMUNITIES FOR THE SENIORS' SURGE8 Developing a Seniors' Planning Perspective; 9 Planning and Designing Senior-Smart Communities Appendix: Internet Resources on Aging and Community EnvironmentsNotes; Index

"Hodge makes a convincing case for recognizing the diversity of community contexts within which seniors reside and provides a helpful roadmap for community officials to allow them to take seriously the work of enhancing seniors' independence." Neil Hanlon, University of Northern British Columbia "Hodge is well acquainted with his subject matter and this manuscript makes an original and important contribution to the field. This is an important and timely work." Denise Cloutier-Fisher, University of Victoria