Neighbourhood Socioeconomic Processes and Dynamics and Healthy Ageing: A Scoping Review

Cláudia Jardim Santos, Inês Paciência and Ana Isabel Ribeiro
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Cláudia Jardim Santos: EPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal
Inês Paciência: Center for Environmental and Respiratory Health Research (CERH), University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, 90570 Oulu, Finland
Ana Isabel Ribeiro: EPIUnit-Instituto de Saúde Pública, Universidade do Porto, 4050-600 Porto, Portugal

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-26

Abstract: Elderly citizens are concentrated in urban areas and are particularly affected by the immediate residential environment. Cities are unequal and segregated places, where there is an intensification of urban change processes such as gentrification and displacement. We aimed to understand how neighbourhood socioeconomic processes and dynamics influence older people’s health. Three bibliographic databases—PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus—were used to identify evidence of the influence of neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation, socio-spatial segregation, urban renewal, and gentrification on healthy ageing. We followed the method of Arksey and O’Malley, Levac and colleagues, the Joanna Briggs Institute, and the PRISMA-ScR. The included studies ( n = 122) were published between 2001 and 2021. Most evaluated neighbourhood deprivation ( n = 114), followed by gentrification ( n = 5), segregation ( n = 2), and urban renewal ( n = 1). Overall, older people living in deprived neighbourhoods had worse healthy ageing outcomes than their counterparts living in more advantaged neighbourhoods. Older adults pointed out more negative comments than positive ones for gentrification and urban renewal. As to segregation, the direction of the association was not entirely clear. In conclusion, the literature has not extensively analysed the effects of segregation, gentrification, and urban renewal on healthy ageing, and more quantitative and longitudinal studies should be conducted to draw better inferences.

Keywords: older adults; neighbourhood socioeconomic status; neighbourhood socioeconomic deprivation; neighbourhood segregation; gentrification; urban renewal; age-friendly communities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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