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Approaches to Environmental Gerontology in the Mediterranean Europe and Latin America: Policy and Practice on Ageing and Place

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Environmental Gerontology in Europe and Latin America

Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Aging ((Int. Perspect. Aging,volume 13))

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This chapter is an approach to epistemological and methodological development of environmental gerontology, paying special attention to the prospects for research in Latin America and Mediterranean Europe. The methodology was based on the review of the international literature through query databases indexed journals, as Thomson Reuters and Scopus. The results indicate that the applicability of the theoretical models developed in the Anglo-Saxon cultural environment poses certain imbalances in relation to other sociocultural environments aging, such as Mediterranean Europe and Latin America. Also, in both regions a predominance of research focused on the social environment associated mainly to health aging, and scant attention in analyzing physical environment (built and natural) is observed, which hinders comprehensive understanding of physical and social essential to promote aging in place environment. Also, uneven development of research, especially in Latin America, as well as the need to further discuss its epistemological and methodological tools to promote their applicability in heterogeneous environments of aging bases, and to design public policies directed focused on improving the quality of life of older people.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Ageing is a multidimensional and multidirectional- -> process which is experienced through differences in the pace and direction of change (gains and losses) of the different characteristics of the individual (WHO 1998).

  2. 2.

    The term “active ageing- ->” is the process of optimizing opportunities for health, involvement and security, in order to enhance quality of life as people age (WHO 2002).

  3. 3.

    The objective dimensions of the physical environment refer to everything that is outside the skin; which is inanimate and that can be measured in centimetres, grams or seconds. Thus, the subjective dimensions of the social environment are associated with the range of operational processes experienced by a person as they age, forming cognitive and affective bonds with their physical-spatial environments (Lawton - -> 1999).

  4. 4.

    Warnes (1990) notes that geographical research should contribute to the development- -> of gerontology through the study of spatial and time-based variations in elderly person-environment relations, and facilitate research on the socio-spatial implications of population ageing which is essential in planning and public policy.

  5. 5.

    The term “physical and social surroundings” derived from environmental psychology, expresses the complexity of the environment and its physical and social relationships with people who are ageing. Thus, the socio-ecological model of ageing (Moos and Lemke 1985) suggests that physical and social environments influence individual behaviour and viceversa.

  6. 6.

    This area of knowledge includes different disciplines, such as psychology, geography- ->, town planning, architecture- ->, engineering, design, health sciences, social work, occupational therapy, sociology, anthropology- -> and other related sciences (Rowles and Bernard 2013; Scheidt - -> and Schwarz 2013).

  7. 7.

    The ecological model of ageing formulates that behaviour depends on the competence- -> of the elderly person and the environmental pressure to which they are exposed. The psychologist, Kurt Lewin (1951), was a pioneer in explaining living space- -> as a function- -> determined by the individual and their environment.

  8. 8.

    The environmental docility- -> hypothesis establishes that population ageing implies a gradual reduction in abilities- ->, which means fewer skills to deal with environmental pressures.

  9. 9.

    Determinism lies in associating ageing with a process of increasing passivity, which serves to hinder the ability- -> to cope with environmental pressures.

  10. 10.

    Adaptation- -> is a process of negotiation by which an individual modifies their behaviour patterns and/or characteristics of the environment to adjust to the surroundings where they live, in relation to their own personal abilities. This adaptation is the result of human-environment transactions which are explained on the basis of four categories: responsive (impact of environment on health and user behaviour); interpretive (affective processes and sense of place); evaluative (assessment- -> of the constructed environment and of the attitudes); and operational (action to change the built- -> environment). From the ideas of Stokols (1978), Lawton - -> (1985) states that transactions between the elderly and the environment should be analysed at different levels: macro (national and city- -> context); meso (neighbourhood); and micro (elements inside the home- ->).

  11. 11.

    The fit is the level of competence of the individual in certain spheres, given a certain level of environmental pressure.

  12. 12.

    The person-environment congruence- -> model indicates that behaviour is a function of the congruence- -> between individual characteristics of people and the specific features of the physical and social environment to satisfy these. To better apply congruence in the taxonomic analysis of the environmental characteristics of the neighbourhood, the importance of four physical and two social measurements is highlighted: physical comfort- -> or aesthetics, resource services, security, stimulation or peace of mind, homogeneity or heterogeneity, and interaction or loneliness- -> (Kahana et al. 2003).

  13. 13.

    The model of complementary congruence explains that the welfare of the elderly is determined by the correspondence between personal needs and the characteristics of the environment.

  14. 14.

    In reviewing the literature we have chosen not to include studies on other countries in Mediterranean Europe- -> - -> with less demographic weight, such as Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Malta- -> and Cyprus.

  15. 15.

    It is estimated that between 2008 and 2030 in Europe the population aged- -> 65 and older will increase by 45 % and in 2060 will represent 30 % of the total population (Lanzieri 2011).

  16. 16.

    Future Group (2011): FUTURAGE. A Road Map for european ageing - -> research. Sheffield: The University of Sheffield. www.futurage.group.shef.ac.uk.

  17. 17.

    The project brings together institutions- -> and researchers from Albania, Austria- ->, Belgium- ->, Bulgaria, Denmark- ->, Spain, Finland- ->, France- ->, Greece- ->, Holland, Hungary, Ireland- ->, Italy- ->, Latvia, Lithuania- ->, Luxembourg, Malta- ->, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the UK, Israel- ->, the US and Canada- ->, Japan- -> and Singapore.

  18. 18.

    It is estimated that by 2050, 196 million people aged- -> 60 and older will inhabit the region, while their relative weight will increase from 10.6 to 25.1 % (UN 2013).

  19. 19.

    Some experts (Jacobson 2011) argue that confinement in old age- -> may be related to diseases such as agoraphobia and hypochondria, arguing that these are not only psychological problems but also disorders associated with maladjustment in older people, particularly women, to urban surroundings and the stressful situations that surround them.

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Rodríguez-Rodríguez, V., Sánchez-González, D. (2016). Approaches to Environmental Gerontology in the Mediterranean Europe and Latin America: Policy and Practice on Ageing and Place. In: Sánchez-González, D., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, V. (eds) Environmental Gerontology in Europe and Latin America. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 13. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21419-1_2

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