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The aging of suburban residential areas
— creating new ways of living | | Author(s) | Mariko Sonoda, Yukihiro Kadono, Yuko Nishikawa |
| Journal title | Global Information Journal on Longevity and Society, 2008 |
| Publisher | International Longevity Center - ILC-Japan, Tokyo, 2008 |
| Pages | pp 12-27 |
| Source | International Longevity Center, 1-12-1 Takaido-Nishi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-8510, Japan. http://www.ilcjapan.org |
| Keywords | Suburbs ; Living patterns ; Japan. |
| Annotation | In Japan, most of the suburban residential areas known as "new towns" developed and grew on the outskirts of major cities in the period of rapid economic growth in the 1960s as the younger generation formed households and had children. The majority of residents in these suburban residential areas were nuclear families, and for the most part, the households were headed by "salarymen", a new occupational category at that time. They created a new model for the family, a husband who worked outside the home, a wife who did the household chores, and their children. In a short time, the members of the first generation of suburbanites will retire from their original roles and join the ranks of the elderly. As they confront their own physical ageing, they have also begun to deal with the ageing of their communities. In those suburban residential areas, the voices of children are no longer heard, and residents are predominantly older people. Do such communities have a future? can they regain their previous liveliness and vitality? Above all, who will continue the existence of these communities as the original residents pass on? The authors of this article look at new ways of living in suburban residential areas in Japan's extremely grey society, keeping in mind all the angles and possibilities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090727207 A |
| Classmark | RK6: K7: 7DT |
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