Intergenerational Space

Intergenerational Space looks at how younger and older people relate to each other in contemporary societies. The chapters explore how particular kinds of spaces, such as cities, neighbourhoods, institutions and leisure sites, make intergenerational contact easier or harder.

Other questions concern how generations negotiate and contest values, beliefs and social memory, and how this produces both continuity and change. The book also considers whether generational separation, which much research treats as a significant social problem, can be eased, and what might help.

Original research from ten countries feeds the chapters, with fieldwork in Senegal, Tanzania and Uganda alongside studies from Singapore, China, Finland, Belgium, Poland, the United States and the United Kingdom. The book is part of the Routledge Studies in Human Geography series. Edition note: first edition, published by Routledge in 2014, 342 pages, ISBN-13: 9780415855310.