2017 Volume 82 Issue 740 Pages 2673-2681
In recent years, Japanese Domestic carbon dioxide emission has been increased though the population has been decreasing. It is said that the reasons of the increase are the number of household has been growing, and lifestyle of people has changed and consume more energy by utilize many kinds of electronic devices.
This paper analyzed Estimation of Population Projections and Domestic Energy Consumption according to family types. The survey was targeted especially elderly household in a suburban residential district in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture as a model case. The area had developed for housing project in postwar of Japan and the population has been decreasing every year, as the other similar type of suburban residential district in the surrounding area and the other suburban cities in Japan have same problem. The issue was analyzed the following procedure.
At first, Population Projection for 2050 in Suburban residential district were studied in order to analyze trend of depopulation and what type of family has inhabited in Tsuchiura city.
Secondly, the estimation of number of Household of Amakawa residential district in 2050 was analyzed in order to predict the number of vacant lot in the area and make the future Issue clear in the same kinds of suburban area. It clarified that vacant lot of 2050 would be almost eight times of 2010.
Finally, survey of the energy consumption and questionnaire were held in Amakawa residential district in 2010 to revealed the lifestyle of residents and their household CO2 emissions according to family types especially for the elderly resident's household.
The result was clarified that the amount of CO2 Emissions elderly single households were indicated high score compared to the elderly couple and the other type of household. And it is expected to be the same kind of situation might happen gradually in the other residential districts in the Tsuchiura city in near future.
It needs further investigation of their lifestyle and the domestic energy consumptions by more examples.
