Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
10-1996
Abstract
Through case studies of two neighborhoods in Singapore with large concentrations of elderly residents-Tiong Bahru and Chinatown-we explore the relationship between the aged's emotional attachments to place and the sustenance of their personal identities, their continued participation in life, and their adaptation to changing circumstances. In particular, we examine their feelings of physical, social, and autobiographical insideness. We emphasize the rapidly changing physical conditions in Chinatown wrought by the government's conservation strategy and their implications for the elderly. In Tiong Bahru young people are moving to newer housing developments, leaving the aged behind in an essentially little-changed physical environment; we discuss the elderly's sense of identity in this context.
Keywords
elderly, identity, place experience, Singapore
Discipline
Asian Studies | Family, Life Course, and Society | Human Geography
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Geographical Review
Volume
86
Issue
4
First Page
529
Last Page
549
ISSN
0016-7428
Identifier
10.2307/215931
Publisher
American Geographical Society
Citation
Kong, Lily, Yeoh, Brenda S. A., & Teo, Peggy.(1996). Singapore and the Experience of Place in Old Age. Geographical Review, 86(4), 529-549.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1736
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.2307/215931
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