Work

House Changing System Corresponding to Life Stage of Families in Boze Island

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Most of the Residents of Boze island are changing their houses, 1〜2 times in their lives. The reasons of house changes are mostly related to the turning points their life stages. Such as marriage or children's growth could become the reason to build new house in new lot or move to remt a house. The vocant house could bocome a house for a retired couple or a house for a widow. This tendency is considered a kind of development of the traditional retirement costum of the island, related to the characteristic economic aid system in extended family.

Source: Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)

DOI: 10.3130/aija.72.85_1

Authors: Yoshito YAMAZAKI, Dai HASHIMOTO, Tsutomu SHIGEMURA, Juichi YAMAZAKI, Kaori SUGINO, Koichi UENO

Institutions: Kobe University, Sekisui House, Ltd. (Japan), Koç University, Takenaka (Japan)

Language: English

Topic: Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives

Subfield: Urban Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2589484095

FWCI:

Cites: 2

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10