Population Aging and the Change in Age Structure in Residential Estates in Yokohama

• ITO Shingo

  Institute for Applied Geography, Komazawa University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 横浜市における住宅団地の人口高齢化と年齢構成の変遷
• ヨコハマシ ニ オケル ジュウタク ダンチ ノ ジンコウ コウレイカ ト ネンレイ コウセイ ノ ヘンセン

Abstract

In Yokohama, there are many residential estates developed in the 1960s. This study investigated 48 residential estates that were developed in the late 1960s and examines whether their population patterns differ from one another.<br> Differences already existed in 1975, not long after the residents first started to live on the estates. It was accepted in previous research that housing type was responsible for such differences. Accordingly, this paper examines the relation between age structure and housing type.<br> In 1975, it is apparent that ratio of owned houses influenced residents' age structure. The age structure in rented houses was more imbalanced and younger than that in owned houses. However, in 1985, the imbalance in the age structure in rented houses belonging to public corporations moderated rapidly. Because a considerable number of residents moved out and new ones moved in from 1975 to 1985, this housing type experienced a slowdown in the rate of increase in the average age. In contrast, the residents in apartments developed by the local government and detached-housing estates did not change actively, and therefore the average age of those residents rose rapidly.<br> In 2000, the average age and the proportion of the elderly population rose rapidly regardless of housing type. In particular, the local government apartments recorded the highest value in their indices because of the aging of residents and in-flow of the elderly. Consequently, some local government apartments or private detached-housing estates recorded an elderly population totaling more than 30%.

Journal

• Geographical Review of Japan

  Geographical Review of Japan 79 (2), 97-110, 2006

  The Association of Japanese Geographers

Keywords

• aging
• age structure
• residential estates
• housing type
• city of Yokohama

Details

• CRID: 1390001205204740352
• NII Article ID: 10018863247
• NII Book ID: AA11591990
• DOI: 10.4157/grj.79.2_97
• ISSN: 21851727
• ISSN: 13479555
• NDL BIB ID: 7820953
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I7820953
• Text Lang: ja
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