7TH URBAN SPACE AND SOCIAL LIFE: THEORY AND PRACTICE

Life Course & The City

Location: Sanya University & Sanya Vanke Forest Breeze Resort, Sanya, Hainan, China

This year’s theme focuses on life course and aging in the context of built environment in both urban and rural settings. World Health Organization (WHO) has been advocating for global age-friendly cities since 2007.

This conference welcomes papers to examine how cities in both developing and developed world fair in this unprecedented challenge. We encourage multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches to study life course and aging since aging does not start at 60 or 65. Life Course & the City aims at investigating the strong relationship between the quality of life for all ages and the quality of the city.

Why Hainan Island? As always, our conference chooses a venue/ city that suits the theme best. Sanya is a beautiful city in Hainan Island. It is famous for its tropical climate and natural environment with spectacular sandy beaches. The island attracts international tourists and entertains “snow geese” in colder areas of China who spend the winter in this Hawaii like island. An exploratory tour of the city and facilities related to older population will be included in the conference.