Healthy ageing in Smart Villages? Observations from the field.

Lorna Philip; Fiona Williams

doi:10.2478/euco-2019-0034

Healthy ageing in Smart Villages? Observations from the field.

Lorna Philip, Fiona Williams

Geography & Environment

University of Chester

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Abstract

In the context of demographically ageing communities across rural Europe Smart Villages have considerable potential to promote ageing well. Whilst in principle supporting healthy ageing in the context of the Smart Village might appear a relatively straightforward endeavour, in operational terms, successful development of smart, 21st century villages relies upon, and sometimes assumes, an appropriate interplay of socio-technological factors. Articulated through a lens provided by the digital ecosystem model advocated by the European Network for Rural Development (2018), this paper offers some observations from the field. We acknowledge the challenges faced by remote rural places in their journey to become ‘smart places’ and identify formal and informal interventions that could better position rural communities to become part of a wider, smart society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	616-633
Number of pages	22
Journal	European Countryside
Volume	11
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2019-0034
Publication status	Published - 30 Dec 2019

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Acknowledgements
The TOPS and Rural PAWS projects were funded by an award made by the RCUK Digital Economy programme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub, award reference EP.G066051/1. Involvement with the Tribe project is facilitated through the ERDF funded Centre for Research in the Environment, Science and Technology, CREST@UCS.

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Smart Villages
digital technologies
rural;
demographic ageing
ageing well

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