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Theorising Ageing in Place During Urban Regeneration: A Spatial Approach

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  • Philippa Winship
  • Tine Buffel
  • Vanessa May

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Urban regeneration reshapes the meaning, use, and potential of urban spaces, yet its implications for older residents remain under theorised. This is despite the growing ageing urban population and policy focus on ‘ageing in place’, supporting older adults to remain in their homes and communities. This paper contributes to ageing in place literature by introducing Brenner and Schmid’s multi‐dimensional framework of space, which conceptualises space through three interrelated dimensions: everyday life, territorial regulation, and spatial practices. Through a theoretically informed reading of existing studies on the impacts of urban regeneration on older adults, this paper reveals how residents experience, navigate, and respond to urban regeneration. It argues that a multi‐scalar perspective offers a more integrated alternative to existing frameworks that focus on the micro, meso or macro level in isolation. In doing so, it offers conceptual tools to rethink ageing in place as a situated, contested, and relational process.

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  • Philippa Winship & Tine Buffel & Vanessa May, 2026. "Theorising Ageing in Place During Urban Regeneration: A Spatial Approach," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 117(1), pages 27-43, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:117:y:2026:i:1:p:27-43
    DOI: 10.1111/tesg.70030
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