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Geographical Perspectives on Transport and Ageing

Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo, Angela Curl

Geographies of Transport and Ageing, Pages: 3 - 24

Swansea University Author: Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo

DOI (Published version): 10.1007/978-3-319-76360-6_1

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In terms of ageing, we are living in unprecedented times. People across the globe are living longer than ever before and societies are ageing at increasing rates. In low to middle income countries reductions in mortality at young ages have fuelled this growth. A person born today in Brazil, for exam...

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Published in: Geographies of Transport and Ageing
ISBN: 978-3-319-76359-0 978-3-319-76360-6
Published: Cham, Switzerland Springer 2018
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