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Keeping older people mobile through a new philosophy for a new ageing population

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Handbook of Sustainable Transport, Pages: 368 - 377

Swansea University Author: Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.4337/9781789900477.00050

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Older people are more mobile, wanting to stay connected to friends, family and other communities, as well as accessing services and shops and spending time carrying out leisure activities. They are likely to give up driving to changes in physiology as they age and an age friendly transport system mu...

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Published in: Handbook of Sustainable Transport
ISBN: 9781789900460 9781789900477
Published: Edward Elgar Publishing 2020
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