• Paper

    Thomas Elmqvist, Visiting Professor
    Alexandros Gasparatos, Associate Professor
    Kensuke Fukushi, Professor
    Pu Jian, Project Research Associate

A research paper from Visit. Prof. Thomas Elmqvist, Assoc. Prof. Alexandros Gasparatos, Prof. Kensuke Fukushi and Assis. Prof. Pu Jian published at npj urban sustainability

Abstract：


Population ageing and shrinking are demographic phenomena with far-reaching implications for sustainability in the current context of extensive and rapid urbanization. This Perspective rationalizes their interface by (a) identifying the challenges and opportunities that ageing and shrinking urban populations will have for implementing the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and (b) discussing some emerging interventions to capitalise on the opportunities and reduce the challenges to achieving sustainability. We argue that a diverse set of context-specific technological, socioeconomic, institutional and governance interventions would be needed to leverage effectively the opportunities and minimize the risks posed by ageing and shrinking urban populations for long-term sustainability.


Title：


Ageing and population shrinking: implications for sustainability in the urban century


Joint Researchers：


Marcin Pawel Jarzebski, Thomas Elmqvist, Alexandros Gasparatos, Kensuke Fukushi, Sofia Eckersten, Dagmar Haase, Julie Goodness, Sara Khoshkar, Osamu Saito, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Töres Theorell, Nannan Dong, Fumiko Kasuga, Ryugo Watanabe, Giles Bruno Sioen, Makoto Yokohari & Jian Pu


Journal：


npj urban sustainability
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-021-00023-z


Contact


Kensuke Fukushi
Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
https://ifi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/people/fukushi-kensuke/