Tues. 3/20/12
Growing Old In The City
Growing Old In The City
The world is getting older and at the same time, more concentrated in urban areas. What are the advantages and pitfalls of growing old in the city? And how can government? Urban planners? And businesses prepare?
Guests:
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The world is getting older and at the same time, more concentrated in urban areas. What are the advantages and pitfalls of growing old in the city? And how can government? Urban planners? And businesses prepare?Guests:
Simin Nikbin Meydani, director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.
Joseph Curtatone, Mayor of the City of Somerville
Joseph F. Coughlin, director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab
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Tufts University is hosting a conference on “Population Aging and Urbanization” next month. Click here for more information
READ Joseph Coughlin’s blog
Garrett Quinn, WGBH contributor and author of the Less is More blog on Boston.com
John Summers, editor of The Baffler
