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Healthy Aging in Cities

Author: Andrew Quinn

Published in: Journal of Urban Health | Issue 2/2008

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In the coming decades, the global population will urbanize and age at high rates. Today, half of the world’s populations lives in cities.1 By 2030, that proportion will rise to 60%, and urbanization will occur most greatly in developing countries.1 At the same time, the world’s population aged 60 and over will double from 11% to 22% by 2050,2 and that growth will be concentrated in urban areas in less developed countries.3 All of these trends challenge public health workers, doctors, researchers, and urban planners to ensure healthy livable cities for older people. …

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Title: Healthy Aging in Cities
Author: Andrew Quinn
Publication date: 01-03-2008
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Urban Health / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 1099-3460
Electronic ISSN: 1468-2869
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11524-008-9268-9

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