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Paris Meeting, 13 July 2003 |
- "Vieillir ensemble dans les mégalopoles," From Le Monde, 4 July 2003 |
Journal of Urban Health: Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, Vol. 79, No. 4 - December 2002 |
| - "The World Cities Project: Rationale, Organization and Design for Comparison of Megacity Health Systems" |
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International Longevity Center - USA, Issue Brief: September-October 2002 |
| - "Old and Poor in New York City" |
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The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies in France (INSEE): |
| - "A Paris, plus de six femmes sur dix vivent seules aprés 80 ans," INSEE II-de-France A La Page, May-June 2002 |
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Center for European Studies Conference: "New Visions of the European City: Paris - New York," 25-27 April 2002 |
| - Presentation: "Growing Older in New York & Paris" |
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London Meeting, 15-16 November 2001 |
| - Program |
| - Summary of Proceedings |
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Kings College London: Millenium Festival of Medicine Lectures - 16 November 2000 |
| - "Urban Health: Is the City Infected?" |
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Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership - Fall 2000 |
| - CGP Newsletter |
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Tokyo Meeting, 23 June 2000 |
| - Program |
| - List of Attendees |
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Mayors of the World Summit Paris: 16-17 March 2000 |
WCP Fact Sheet |
World Cities Project Overview Paper |
Population Aging and Longevity: Implications for Megacities |
Urban Health: Is the City Infected? |
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World Cities Project |
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| The World Cities Project (WCP)
examines the impact of population aging and longevity on New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. WCP will compare
health and social services, health and the quality of life for persons aged 65 and over in these four world cities. This joint venture between the Wagner School of Public Service and the International
Longevity Center (http://www.ilcusa.org) promotes the mission of the International Longevity Center (ILC-USA) to help societies,
through research and education, support productive aging and quality of
life among older persons. |
| New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo are important locations in the global
economy. They share an immense international traffic in the flow of trade,
financial transactions, electronic communications, airline travel, and
policy ideas. All four cities have been deeply affected by declining birth
rates and a rise in the share of older persons. They already include areas
in which the percentage of older persons is close to 20 percent. As
urbanization and population aging increases throughout the world, we will
need models of how to accommodate these population shifts as well as
analyses of best practices. |
| WCP introduces a spatial perspective to more conventional economic and
demographic analyses of population aging. These often compare aggregate
data, which masks important variations within nations, between urban and
rural areas, and between large and small cities. In contrast, WCP will
compare smaller and more similarly situated units, i.e., world cities,
which share more common characteristics and problems and therefore provide
notable advantages for cross-national learning. The focus on inter-city
as well as intra-city comparisons represents a distinctive approach to
social science research in the field of aging, and more broadly, social
policy. It also brings a fresh perspective to comparative analyses of
aging and health policies. |
| Despite many of the common characteristics shared by New York, London,
Paris and Tokyo, there are significant differences in labor force
participation rates, life expectancy, mortality rates, the percent of
older persons living alone, and systems for the provision of long-term
care services. WCP will document the common characteristics and problems,
as well as these differences. On the basis of quantitative data collection
and case studies, WCP will organize working group meetings on specific
themes, with the participation of city officials, policy analysts, and
health and social service professionals. These meetings will be designed
for knowledgeable experts to review research findings and to identify
innovative and successful policy or program interventions. In the final
stage of the project, designated areas of each city will serve as a
laboratory in which to evaluate the effectiveness of alternative
interventions. |
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