The role of home ownership in Japan's aged society

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-191

  Hirayama, Yosuke ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged society; Home ownership; Japan; Welfare society

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ELDERLY POPULATION; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSING PROVISION; POST-WAR; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WELFARE PROVISION;

JAPAN;

EID: 77952293153     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-010-9183-8     Document Type: Article

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