{"product_id":"longevity-hubs-regional-innovation-for-global-aging-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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoseph F. Coughlin is Founder and Director of the MIT AgeLab. He teaches in MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the Center for Transportation \u0026amp; Logistics, and the Sloan School of Management's Executive Education program. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Longevity Economy\u003c\/i\u003e and a member of the Board of Directors of AARP. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLuke Yoquinto is a research associate at the MIT AgeLab. With AgeLab founder Joseph Coughlin and Globe Opinion, he produced the yearlong 2021-2022 \"Longevity Hub\" series in the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e. With Sanjay Sarma, he is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eGrasp.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50899219251474,"sku":"9780262049214","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_17cf1722-3839-47f9-82c5-a392a6967691.jpg?v=1738349016","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/longevity-hubs-regional-innovation-for-global-aging-9780262049214","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}