Energy Consumption and Aging Populations : Experiences from Japan and Spain (Hardcover)

PART 1: Introduction? 1. Population and Household Trends in Japan and Spain: Impact of Aging on Pensions and Healthcare Expenditures ?2. The progress of population aging in the Tokyo metropolitan area in the first half of the 21st century? PART 2: A conceptual model? 3. The complex relation between population aging and societal energy uses? 4. Impact of aging on time allocation and energy consumption patterns in Japan and Spain ?PART 3: Energy use in the residential sector? 5. Designing sustainable residential energy consumption policies for an aging population in Japan??6. Population aging, societal time, and household energy use beyond home? PART 4: Changes in energy demand and supply due to changes in population structure: health service, transportation, and new energy systems? 7. GIS-based projections of changes in access to healthcare services in an aging population: A case study of Akita prefecture, Japan? 8. Population aging, global warming, and mobility: What is required in the future? 9. Changes in energy resources and lifestyles? 10. Epilogue: Population aging and changing energy use: The need for governance in complexity

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