The life-histories of elderly people viewed from experiences of space/place : addressing the challenge of geography of the elderly

通过对京坂神（京都-大坂-科比）都市圈的城市、郊区和人口稀少地区的老年人进行的访谈调查，揭示了老年人地方认同的形成过程，并根据调查地区的自然和社会环境以及老年人属性的差异，分析了社区形式和福利 调查了老年人在当地生活中需要的服务。特别是，老年人的地方认同感是通过各种地方活动形成的，调查证实了老年人在多大程度上 这些身份影响着生活在当地的老年人的“现在“。

From an interview survey of elderly people in the urban, suburban and depopulated regions of the Keihanshin (Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe) metropolitan area, the process by which local identities of elderly people are formed was delineated, and based on differences in the natural and social environment as well as in the attributes of elderly people in the surveyed region, the community forms and welfare services that elderly people require in local life were investigated. In particular, local identities of elderly people are formed through various local activities, and the survey verified the extent to which these identities influence the"now"of elderly people whose lives are based in local areas.