SPACE TO GROW OLD IN - THE AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC SPACES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS IN SINGAPORE

Using a political economy approach, this paper examines the provision of facilities and services for elderly persons in urban Singapore, It posits that policies concerning this group are socially constructed an d that ageist notions affect the spatial forms created for meeting the health, housing and social needs of older people, It emphasises the s ignificance of subjectivity in the environmental strategies of older p ersons and investigates the extent to which state provisions incorpora te the concept of personal geographics, It concludes that rethinking b y the state is necessary to prevent the artificial separation of the s paces in which elderly people conduct their everyday activities, a nee d which is tenable because of the limited amount of space available in the country.