Age-Friendly Cities and Communities in International Comparison: Political Lessons, Scientific Avenu

The Challenges ofAging. - Population aging from a global and theoretical perspective. - Active Aging and Age-Friendly Cities: OneModel, Many Programs. - From the origins of AFC to the WHO global network. -Quebec: from research to policy from 7 pilot projects to 579 cities. - Sao Paulo:one action, three levels-state, city, and neighborhoods. - Hong Kong: thecentrality of participation. - Australia: proof of the "top-down" mistake. -France: is AFC brand new for French cities? Belgium/Wallonia: the limits of theWHO AFC model. - Waterloo, Ontario: AFC in action. - United States: when AFC isdeveloped further. - Manchester: is an urban perspective a means or an end? Challenges from and for Age-FriendlyCities. - Respecting the older subject: building AFC toward recognition. -The AFC model: between political economy and humanistic gerontology. - When AFCmeets policy. - Good and bad points about AFC . Conclusion