ABSTRACT
Throughout the world’s hinterland regions, people are growing old in resource-dependent communities that were neither originally designed nor presently equipped to support an ageing population. This book provides cutting edge theoretical and empirical insights into the new phenomenon resource frontier ageing, to understand the diverse experiences of and responses to rural population ageing in the early 21st century. The book explores the resource hinterland as a new frontier of rural ageing and examines three central themes of rural population change, community development and voluntarism that characterize ageing resource communities. By investigating the links among these three themes, the book provides the conceptual and empirical foundations for the future agenda of rural ageing research. This timely contribution contains 15 original chapters by leading international experts from Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK, Ireland and Norway.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |46 pages
New frontiers
chapter |17 pages
Voluntarism, older people, and ageing places
part |138 pages
International perspectives
chapter |15 pages
Rural ageing in farm communities in Ireland
chapter |15 pages
Austerity, welfare reform, and older people in rural places
chapter |14 pages
Long-term care service delivery challenges for ageing in place in rural communities
chapter |13 pages
Gamvik, ‘a good place to grow old'
chapter |12 pages
Experiences of economic change in small town New Zealand
chapter |15 pages
Planning for all ages and stages of life in resource hinterlands
chapter |15 pages
Civic and voluntary contributions of retirement migrants and their impact on rural community sustainability
part |20 pages
Discussion