RUHESTÄNDLER ALS LEBENSELIXIER?RUHESTANDSWANDERUNG UND LOKALENEUBELEBUNGSSTRATEGIEN AM BEISPIEL VON ATAMIUND ISHIGAKI

Drastic demographic changes in Japan have forced Japanese municipalitiesto seek ways to prevent further shrinking. One strategy initiated by severaltowns and cities is to attract retirees. Due to recent changes in elderly people’slifestyles, it is not unreasonable to opt for this strategy: Spending their remainingyears in a new environment seems to be an option for a growing number of theelderly. This paper focuses on the question of to what extent elderly migration andamenity moves have occurred in recent years. A closer look is taken at the situationin the cities of Atami and Ishigaki, for which it was possible to give detailed appraisalsof elderly migration...