“Ageing in Place” and Urban Regeneration

Analysing the Role of Social Infrastructure

Bibliographic Data

ID22017991
AuthorsC Lewis (0000-0001-8137-4802, University of Manchester), Sophie Yarker (0000-0003-0938-447X, University of Manchester), Mark Hammond (0000-0001-7071-2028, Manchester Metropolitan University), Niamh Kavanagh (0000-0002-0017-4903, University of Manchester), C Phillipson (0000-0001-6220-2722, University of Manchester)
Year2022
Volume7
Issue4
Publication date2022-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
PublisherCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v7i4.5689
OpenAlexW4307203766
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited38

This article explores the potential impact of future urban regeneration for older people “ageing in place” in an inner-city neighbourhood, Collyhurst, Manchester, UK. Collyhurst has been reshaped by de-industrialisation, demolition of housing, disinvestment in local services, and the closure of local amenities. The neighbourhood has been earmarked for significant urban regeneration including building extensive housing, as well as social infrastructure to cater for existing residents and attract a new population. The analysis focuses on data derived from interviews and focus groups with the neighbourhood’s existing residents as well as regeneration stakeholders. Drawing on Latham and Layton’s (2019) “infrastructural approach,” the analysis explores the changing dynamics of neighbourhoods and meanings of place for older people living in localities undergoing redevelopment with spatially differentiated socio-economic landscapes. The article argues that social infrastructure must be understood as a foundational component of urban regeneration planning, ensuring new spaces foster social connections for all generations and support older residents’ sense of local identity, belonging and inclusion amidst dramatic material transformation. Social infrastructure provides an important lens through which to analyse the impact of urban regeneration processes, shedding light both on the functional and affective dimensions of ageing in place. In neighbourhoods undergoing redevelopment, both dimensions are vital to consider, in order to understand how best to support older people’s ability to age in place

Civil engineering · Disinvestment · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental planning · Gentrification · Geography · Industrialisation · Political science · Redevelopment · Sociology · Urban regeneration · Engineering · Health disparities and outcomes · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Urban Transport and Accessibility

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