Exploring the impact of depopulation on a country's population geography: Lessons learned from Japan
Exploring the impact of depopulation on a country's population geography: Lessons learned from Japan
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DOI：
10.1002/psp.2543
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发表时间：
2021-12-18
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Ishikawa，Yoshitaka
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作者：
Inoue，Takashi;Koike，Shiro;Ishikawa，Yoshitaka
日本的总人口在2008年达到顶峰，此后经历了人口下降。这一趋势对该国的许多活动领域产生了深远的影响。本文的目的是从日本人口减少对其人口地理的影响的角度，对主要发表于人口高峰期以来的现有文献进行全面回顾，并在此基础上提出未来的研究问题。因此，提出了三个新的研究问题，作为从该国吸取的经验教训。首先，由于一个国家的人口下降是一个非常严重的问题，人口地理学家需要对这个问题给予更多的关注。第二，需要谨慎但积极地开发适合研究人口减少的新的分析方法。第三，人口地理学家应该根据与人口下降相关的研究结果，积极阐述政策含义。这是一个很好的机会，可以改善次级学科在那些人口已经开始或即将下降的国家的地位。
The total population of Japan reached its peak in 2008 and has since experienced population decline. This trend has had a profound effect on many of the country's spheres of activity. The purpose of this article is to comprehensively review the existing literature, mainly published since the peak year, through the perspective of the impact of Japan's depopulation on its population geography and to present future research issues based on the obtained findings. Consequently, three new research issues are presented as the lessons learned from the country. First, since the population decline of a country is a very serious problem, population geographers need to devote much more attention to this issue. Second, new analytical methods suitable for examining depopulation need to be developed carefully but actively. Third, population geographers should proactively state policy implications based on research findings associated with population decline. This is a great opportunity to improve the position of the sub‐discipline in the countries whose populations have already started or are about to decline.