Geographies of ageing

Abstract

This article examines two-decades of progress toward developing ‘geographies of ageing’ as a distinct field of human geography. Reflecting on the last review in this journal by Harper and Laws (1995), we elucidate the longstanding, emergent, and hidden pathways of scholarship involved in the constitution of the field since the mid-1990s. We consider contemporary developments relating to the empirical gap in understanding the contributions of older people and the potential for relational and nonrepresentational perspectives to expand the breadth of the field. The still nascent profile of ageing within the discipline is contrasted with the interdisciplinary spatial turn underway in gerontology.