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Housing and Ageing Policies in Chinese and Global Contexts

Trends, Development, and Policy Issues

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Editors:
  1. Terence Chun Tat Shum

    1. School of Arts and Social Sciences, Public and Social Policy Research Centre, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  2. Charles C. L. Kwong

    1. School of Arts and Social Sciences, Public and Social Policy Research Centre, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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  • The first book to cover both housing and ageing policies in European, Asia-Pacific and Chinese societies
  • The only book dealing with housing and ageing issues and policies by using an interdisciplinary approach
  • Brings together top scholars on the debated issue of development and concerns in housing and ageing policies

Part of the book series: Quality of Life in Asia (QLAS, volume 15)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Housing and Ageing Issues: Key Developments and Concerns

    • Terence Chun Tat Shum, Charles C. L. Kwong
    Pages 1-7

  3. Shifting Approaches to Housing Wealth and Welfare Security in Ageing Societies

    • Richard Ronald
    Pages 9-25

  4. Overseas Housing for Elderly Hongkongers? Comparing the Key Factors Influencing Retiree Migration Between Japan and Hong Kong

    • Edward Loke Min Foo
    Pages 27-52

  5. Successful Ageing: The Novel Perspectives and Experiences of Vietnamese Migrants in Australia

    • Hien Thi Nguyen, Loretta Baldassar, Raelene Wilding
    Pages 53-77

  6. Population Ageing and Community-Based Old Age Care Supply in China

    • Bingqin Li
    Pages 79-95

  7. China’s Ageing Population: Policy Implications for Economic Growth

    • Charles C. L. Kwong
    Pages 97-118

  8. Redesigning Urban Neighbourhood Space Under the Open Community Policy in Mainland China

    • Qian Tang, Muhammad Azzam Ismail, Nikmatul Adha Nordin
    Pages 119-144

  9. A Spiral, Stage-Sensitive Model of Grief in Dementia Caregiving—A Qualitative Study of Caregiver Experiences with Hospitalised Patients with Dementia in Shanghai, China

    • Changyi Shen, Shijie Jing, Phyllis Solomon
    Pages 145-166

  10. ‘Home Sweet Home’: Making the Discourse of Housing Space and Quality in Hong Kong 1930s-1990s

    • Lok Yin Law, Ming Hin Cheung
    Pages 167-200

  11. The Informal Carer in Old Age Care: Observations in Hong Kong Through the Lens of Critical Discourse Analysis

    • Beatrice Oi Yeung Lam, Wai Leung Chan
    Pages 201-223

  12. Perceptions of Transitional Housing: Voices of Residents Living in Subdivided Units in Hong Kong

    • Lok Wo Chow, Ivy Lok Yiu Chan, Wai Man Lam, Terence Chun Tat Shum
    Pages 225-246

  13. Employment Experience of Marginalized Older People Who Use Drugs in Hong Kong

    • Vincent Shing Cheng, Florence Kayan Lapto
    Pages 247-263

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 265-268
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About this book

Motivated by the rapid increase in housing demand and the population of older adults worldwide, this book provides an interdisciplinary and multi-level approach for studying housing and ageing issues and relevant policy analysis in China, and beyond. Specifically, it highlights how the changing social, economic, and political factors at both local and global levels affect the housing or ageing experiences of people. Drawing on findings and theoretical discussions in economics, history, psychology, sociology, social policy, and urban studies, the authors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on a highly topical debate, asking what progress is being made on the formulation and implementation of housing and ageing policies in different societies. The book brings together original qualitative and quantitative research works in European, Asia-Pacific and Chinese contexts. Readers will benefit from the results of a rigorous analysis of data and case studies that reveal factors affectinghousing or ageing experiences of people in these regions. The interdisciplinary research also provides valuable insights on further policy analyses and formulation in both local and global contexts. It is of interest to scholars, policy makers and university students in the fields of housing, ageing, and social and public policy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Arts and Social Sciences, Public and Social Policy Research Centre, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Terence Chun Tat Shum, Charles C. L. Kwong

About the editors

Terence C T Shum is Research Assistant Professor in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, and Research Fellow of Public and Social Policy Research Centre at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. His research interests include migration and refugee studies, borders, culture and identity, and globalisation and multiculturalism. 

Charles C L Kwong is Professor of Economics, Dean of School of Arts and Social Sciences, and Director of Public and Social Policy Research Centre at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. His research interests include China’s economic development and economic analysis of public policy.



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Housing and Ageing Policies in Chinese and Global Contexts

  • Book Subtitle: Trends, Development, and Policy Issues

  • Editors: Terence Chun Tat Shum, Charles C. L. Kwong

  • Series Title: Quality of Life in Asia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5382-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5381-3Published: 02 October 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-5384-4Due: 30 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-5382-0Published: 28 September 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2211-0550

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-0569

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 268

  • Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Demography, Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy, Public Policy

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