Woolrych, R., Duvurru, J., Portella, A. et al. (12 more authors) (2020) Ageing in urban neighbourhoods: exploring place insideness amongst older adults in India, Brazil and the United Kingdom. Psychology and Developing Societies, 32 (2). pp. 201-223. ISSN 0971-3336
Abstract
The ageing in place agenda emphasises the importance of supporting older adults to age in their communities surrounded by the personal resources to age well. In exploring the relationship between older people and their environment, the concept of place insideness is seen as central to constructing feelings of identity, belonging and attachment in old age. Yet there has been little research exploring how older adults experience place insideness across different urban, social and cultural contexts which is an impediment to identifying effective interventions for age-friendly cities and communities. This article explores how place insideness is experienced amongst older adults across India, Brazil and the United Kingdom. The article presents qualitative findings from 294 semi-structured interviews collected across 9 cities and 27 neighbourhoods. The findings reveal that older adults cultivate their sense of place insideness in old age through dimensions of physical insideness (i.e., environmental competence in navigating and engaging in the community), social insideness (i.e., knowing others) and autobiographical insideness (i.e., shared place histories). In drawing on older people’s understanding of their communities, this article explores the opportunities and challenges in developing a sense of place insideness to support ageing well. We identify implications for policy and practice in terms of how we can better design urban environments as age-friendly communities which support a greater sense of place for older people.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 SAGE Publications. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Sense of place; place insideness; age-friendly communities; neighbourhood; older people |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Education (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council ES/R00692X/1 Economic and Social Research Council ES/N013220/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 Mar 2024 13:02 |
Last Modified: | 13 Mar 2024 13:02 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0971333620937106 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:210017 |