Dealing with change in old age: Negotiating working-class belonging in a neighbourhood in the process of urban renewal in the Netherlands

Lager, Debbie; Hoven, Bettina van; Huigen, Paulus

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.07.012

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“…Research from cultural geographers (Lager, Van Hoven, & Huigen, 2013) showed that sense of belonging and wellbeing of elderly-despite the many changes in the neighborhood-is negotiated and practiced in everyday places and interactions. This shows that, in line with salutogenic theory, people and place do not develop independently.…”

Section: Community As a Place To Livementioning

confidence: 99%

The Application of Salutogenesis in Communities and Neighborhoods

Vaandrager

Kennedy

2016

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

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Section: Community As a Place To Livementioning

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The Application of Salutogenesis in Communities and Neighborhoods

Vaandrager

Kennedy

2016

The Handbook of Salutogenesis

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“…Another well-documented strand of research investigates the extent to which urban restructuring affects older people's sense of belonging and place attachment [16,[29][30][31]. These studies have revealed a range of complexities that older people have to cope with, and often point at deleterious effects of urban restructuring on older people's place attachment, either as a result of forced moves or due to significant changes in the familiar living environment of older people.…”

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Older People in a Long-term Regeneration Neighbourhood. An Exploratory Panel Study of Ageing in Place in Hoogvliet, Rotterdam

Kleinhans¹,

Veldboer²,

Ham³

et al. 2018

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Ageing of the population in European cities creates fundamental challenges with regard to employment, pensions, health care and other age-related services. Many older people want to live independent lives as long as possible. This aspiration is currently strongly supported by many local governments. A precondition for 'ageing in place' is that older people perceive their neighbourhoods as familiar and safe places. In the Netherlands, many neighbourhoods with an ageing population have been subject to urban restructuring policies. An important question is to what extent such policies affect the housing situation, socioeconomic position and social support networks of older people, as these factors strongly assist their ability to 'age in place'. The paper answers this question through an exploratory analysis of a small but unique panel data set from Hoogvliet, a large urban restructuring area in the city of Rotterdam. The partly counter-intuitive results show that restructuring has enabled 'ageing in place'. Compared to stayers, movers within Hoogvliet often report improved housing quality and positive neighbourhood change. The exploratory analyses did not provide evidence of decreased social support or increased loneliness through restructuring-induced disruptions of social ties. Various 'buffer measures' have been effective in preventing negative restructuring impacts on older residents.

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“…This applies in particular to neighbourhoods that have undergone stages of physical decline, loss of amenities and certain types of social change linked to mounting criminality and high residential mobility. Various forms of exclusion may, however, also occur in neighbourhoods undergoing processes of gentrification (Burns et al 2012;Lager et al 2013;Phillipson 2010). Despite feeling marginalised or aliened by changes in their communities, disadvantaged older adults are rarely in a position to leave (Phillipson 2007).…”

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Multiple disadvantage of older migrants and native Dutch older adults in deprived neighbourhoods in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: a life course perspective

Greft

Fortuijn

2015

GeoJournal

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It is commonly suggested that older nonWestern migrants have a higher risk of experiencing multiple forms of disadvantage than native older adults. However, few researchers have studied the life situation and urban conditions of older migrants in relation to each other and in comparison to native older adults with a similar socioeconomic status. This paper investigates whether different groups of older nonWestern migrants (of Surinamese, Moroccan and Turkish origin) in deprived neighbourhoods in Amsterdam experience similar or different levels of multiple disadvantage compared to socioeconomically similar native Dutch older residents living in the same neighbourhoods, and explores how multiple disadvantage can be explained in relation to life and residential histories and neighbourhood changes. Analysis of 85 in-depth interviews indicates that all categories of lowincome older adults experienced certain levels of disadvantage, although they evaluated their circumstances using different frames of reference. Regarding health, both native-born and migrant older people experienced chronic illness. However, the results of this study suggest that those in the latter group (especially Moroccans and Turks) experienced health problems and related functional limitations at a younger age. Native Dutch older adults were somewhat better off with respect to the availability of household resources, but compared to older nonWestern migrants were more likely to experience the negative effects of neighbourhood deprivation. In summary, this study refines common assertions that older migrants are more disadvantaged than native older adults. Differences in experiences of advantage and disadvantage have their origin in differences in life and residential histories and neighbourhood change.

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Dealing with change in old age: Negotiating working-class belonging in a neighbourhood in the process of urban renewal in the Netherlands

Cited by 52 publications

References 36 publications

The Application of Salutogenesis in Communities and Neighborhoods

The Application of Salutogenesis in Communities and Neighborhoods

Older People in a Long-term Regeneration Neighbourhood. An Exploratory Panel Study of Ageing in Place in Hoogvliet, Rotterdam

Multiple disadvantage of older migrants and native Dutch older adults in deprived neighbourhoods in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: a life course perspective

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