{"product_id":"longevity-hubs-joseph-f-coughlin-9780262049214","title":"Longevity Hubs: Regional Innovation for Global Aging","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow innovation hotspots for the world's aging population may prove to be of vital economic and strategic importance in the years ahead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePopulations around the world are aging, and older adults' economic influence--already considerable--stands to grow markedly in the decades ahead. Finding ways to make these lives better is a win-win-win: for older consumers; for aging economies; and for companies and the regions where they reside. This much-needed volume edited by Joseph Coughlin and Luke Yoquinto, \u003ci\u003eLongevity Hubs\u003c\/i\u003e, brings together contributors--entrepreneurs, researchers, designers, public servants, and others--who are addressing the multifaceted concerns of aging societies. Together, they explore the possibility that specific regions will soon distinguish themselves as \u003ci\u003elongevity hubs: \u003c\/i\u003ea home to disproportionate economic and innovative activity for older populations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf a region were to emerge as such a disproportionate hotspot, that area and its home nation might better weather some of the challenges posed by population aging, while at the same time providing a cash injection into the local economy thanks to aging markets domestic and foreign. \u003ci\u003eLongevity Hubs \u003c\/i\u003eexplores strategies adopted by different areas' government and industry leaders to promote such activity; who different regions' target markets are; and how local, older adults may affect (and be affected by) innovation in their area. \u003ci\u003eLongevity Hubs\u003c\/i\u003e opens on Greater Boston, with the collected articles comprising the \"Longevity Hub\" special project that ran in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe \u003c\/i\u003ein 2021 and 2022. Then the book zooms out to take in a more global stage, in the form of nine chapters written by representatives of cities and regions staking a claim as powerhouses of aging innovation. These include Louisville, in the US; Newcastle, in the UK; Dubai; Milan; São Paulo; Tel Aviv; regions in Japan and Thailand; and Aging2.0, a distributed network.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph F. Coughlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 026204921X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262049214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Joseph F. Coughlin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46173131964671,"sku":"9780262049214","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6fce603a-ee1b-4b2c-a85d-6aa09bc26a28.jpg?v=1727180084","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/longevity-hubs-joseph-f-coughlin-9780262049214","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}