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Economic and financial issues of creating an age-friendly built environment

Economic and financial issues of creating an age-friendly built environment Guest Editorial Welcome to the Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction (JFMPC), volume 21, issue 2. This is a Special Issue of JFMPC, comprising papers dealing with the subject of Economic and financial issues of creating an age-friendly built environment. Much of the developed world is facing an unprecedented demographic shift as in many countries the older generation becomes the majority part of the population. Surprisingly, however, the construction sector and the housing system seem to have been slow to adapt to the changing needs of the ageing population. The built environment matters in defining the conditions for people to live healthy lives and older people require high quality built environments that suit their needs across the whole life course – a building stock and infrastructure that supports independent living and enhances quality of life for the ageing population. At present the housing stock of the UK and other European countries is not ready to support independent living over the life course. With low current renovation and replacement rates, an update requires well-targeted actions and investment strategies but the added value of age- friendliness in renovation or new building projects is not always obvious to public or http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction Emerald Publishing

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1366-4387
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10.1108/JFMPC-05-2016-0020
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Guest Editorial Welcome to the Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction (JFMPC), volume 21, issue 2. This is a Special Issue of JFMPC, comprising papers dealing with the subject of Economic and financial issues of creating an age-friendly built environment. Much of the developed world is facing an unprecedented demographic shift as in many countries the older generation becomes the majority part of the population. Surprisingly, however, the construction sector and the housing system seem to have been slow to adapt to the changing needs of the ageing population. The built environment matters in defining the conditions for people to live healthy lives and older people require high quality built environments that suit their needs across the whole life course – a building stock and infrastructure that supports independent living and enhances quality of life for the ageing population. At present the housing stock of the UK and other European countries is not ready to support independent living over the life course. With low current renovation and replacement rates, an update requires well-targeted actions and investment strategies but the added value of age- friendliness in renovation or new building projects is not always obvious to public or

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Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction – Emerald Publishing

Published: Aug 1, 2016

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