2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A study on the life of the elderly people in urban area - Including some proposals for dwelling for longevity life -
| Project/Area Number |
12650628
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Town planning/Architectural planning
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| Research Institution | Bunka Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAWADA Tomoko Bunka Women's University, Faculty of Art and Design, Professor, 造形学部, 教授 (40060818)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
INOUE Yoko Bunka Women's University, Faculty of Art and Design, Assistant Professor, 造形学部, 助教授 (40350201)
WATANABE Hidetoshi Bunka Women's University, Faculty of Art and Design, Assistant Professor, 造形学部, 助教授 (80230986)
MIYAUJI Kazuhiko Bunka Women's University, Faculty of Art and Design, Professor, 造形学部, 教授 (30350200)
MARUMO Miyuki Bunka Women's University, Faculty of Art and Design, Lecturer, 造形学部, 講師 (50257086)
ASANUMA Yuki Bunka Women's University, Faculty of Art and Design, Assistant Professor, 造形学部, 助教授 (50350202)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2000 – 2002
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| Keywords | aged people / elderly people / urban area / outdoor behavior / daily life / life style |
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this study is to analyze the life style of elderly people living in urban area, and also to propose some ideas for them to improve their existing surroundings. The survey was held to two types of dwellers such as living in apartment house and detached house in Tokyo metropolitan area. The results of this study including some proposals are followings.
1) It was become clear that the family sizes have been recently become smaller than before and at the same time, the minimization of family size has occurred the network residence by a relative on the next -door or nearby in apartment house. In detached house there were both family type of living with old parent and young couple in the same house and the minimization of family size.
2) It was confirmed that it is very advantageous for elderly and aged people to live in urban area, because of the following reasons such as easy going on their jobs at near place from their dwellings, and after retiring under the age limit, easy utilizing urban transportations, easy approaching to cultural facilities, and easy accessing to shopping.
3) Elderly and aged people necessarily require public supports for physical and psychological care, especially for medical care and human relations with a neighborhood. It making environment of minus number that human relations with a neighborhood were thin in urban area. It was ascertained that medical support is important for establishing self-reliance of their lives, and it is possible to do so in urban area.
4) From above mentioned analytical results, we show that it was necessary to both "height of selection nature" for life of elderly people and "substantiality of support system" for aged people in planning of residential area.
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