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

通过对京都-大阪-神户都市圈、郊区和人口稀少地区的老年人的访谈调查，描绘了老年人地方认同的形成过程，并基于调查地区老年人自然和社会环境以及老年人属性的差异，调查了老年人在当地生活中所需要的社区形式和福利服务。特别是，老年人的地方身份认同是通过各种当地活动形成的，调查验证了这些身份认同在多大程度上影响了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.