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Adapting to Global Change: Ageing, Urbanisation and Resilience
Author(s) -
Birks Francesca,
Prater Katherine
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1725
Subject(s) - urbanization , resilience (materials science) , natural disaster , climate change , psychological resilience , population ageing , population , geography , political science , economic growth , development economics , sociology , demography , economics , psychology , meteorology , ecology , physics , psychotherapist , thermodynamics , biology
With climate change, natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis are occurring worldwide with greater frequency. This is at a time when an expanding older population is living in cities, where it is proving one of the most vulnerable groups when a crisis hits, from evacuation to recovery. Here, Francesca Birks and Katherine Prater of ArupForesight + Research + Innovation consider design solutions that enable the liveability of cities for ageing residents in periods of disaster, as well as stability.