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Re-positioning age friendly communities opportunities to take AFC mainstream  Cover Image E-book E-book

Re-positioning age friendly communities [electronic resource] : opportunities to take AFC mainstream / [Glenn Miller, Allison Annesley].

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  • Physical Description: 1 electronic text (35 p.) : digital file.
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ont. : Canadian Urban Institute, 2011

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General Note:
"June 2011."
Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-35).
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- The purpose of the report -- Methodology -- Scale -- tools -- Planning continuum -- Prescriptions and measurement -- Responsibility for action -- Focus -- The drive for continuous improvement in planning -- Improving the built environment at the core of "good planning" -- The era of urbanization- mid 19th to mid 20th century -- The suburbanization era- mid 20th to late 20th century -- The re-urbanization era- late 20th century to present -- Recent planning models that influence planning practice -- Smart growth -- Healthy communities -- New urbanism -- Child friendly cities -- LEED ND -- WHO safe communities -- Heat resilient communities -- Active living communities -- Age friendly communities -- Everything old is new again -- Drivers of change- what do planners look for? -- Is AFC compatible or complementary to mainstream planning? -- What would be required to advance AFC as a mainstream planning model? -- Bibliography.
System Details Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject: City planning > Canada.
Older people > Housing > Canada.
Community
Design
Evaluation
Green building
Health
Leadership in energy and environmental design
New urbanism
Public health
Quality of life
Smart growth
Genre: Electronic books.

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