Editorial Preface: Elderly Mobility

Authors

  • Massimo Bricocoli Department of Architecture and UrbanStudies (DAStU), Politecnico di Milano
  • Aleid E. Brouwer Department of Economic Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen
  • Carmela Gargiulo University of Naples Federico II

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https://doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/5868

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Author Biographies

Aleid E. Brouwer, Department of Economic Geography, Faculty of Spatial Sciences, University of Groningen

Aleid Elisabeth Brouwer is a research professor at the NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences in Leeuwarden (NL) and also has an appointment at the University of Groningen (NL). She holds a M.Sc. in Economic Geography and a Ph.D. in Spatial Sciences both from the University of Groningen. Her research focuses on a wide range of topics among which entrepreneurship, vital regions, vulnerable groups and ageing in place.

Carmela Gargiulo, University of Naples Federico II

Full professor of Urban Planning Techniques at the University of Naples Federico II. Since 1987 she has been involved in studies on the management of urban and territorial transformations. Since 2004, she has been Member of the Researcher Doctorate in Hydraulic, Transport and Territorial Systems Engineering of the University of Naples “Federico II”. She is Member of the Committee of the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department of the University of Naples “Federico II”. Her research interests focus on the processes of urban requalification, on relationships between urban transformations and mobility, and on the estate exploitation produced by urban transformations. On these subjects she has co-ordinated research teams within National Project such as Progetto Finalizzato Edilizia - Sottoprogetto “Processi e procedure” (Targeted Project on Building – Subproject “Processes and procedures), from 1992 to 1994; Progetto Strategico Aree Metropolitane e Ambiente, (Strategic Project Metropolitan Areas and Environment) from 1994 to 1995; PRIN project on the “Impacts of mobility policies on urban transformability, environment and property market” from 2011 to 2013. Scientific Responsible of the Project Smart Energy Master for the energy management of territory financed by PON 04A2_00120 R&C Axis II, from 2012 to 2015. She is author of more than 100 publications.

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16-10-2018

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Bricocoli, M., Brouwer, A. E., & Gargiulo, C. (2018). Editorial Preface: Elderly Mobility. TeMA - Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 3–8. https://doi.org/10.6092/1970-9870/5868

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2018: Special Issue 2.2018. Elderly Mobility

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