| Keywords |
Elderly single household; Housing vulnerability; House type; Thermal comfort condition; Rural area |
| Abstract |
South Korea has entered an aging society, and it is estimated that 33% of the total elderly population is a elderly single household. Currently, Social problems are emerging such as the death of individual loneliness among the elderly who have lower cognition about the physical environment than the youth in vulnerable housing environment.
In particular, the elderly housing in rural areas has a higher rate of aging than in urban areas. If the housing is not improved, the rate of exposure to a more vulnerable housing environment is high. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the thermal environment of elderly housing in rural areas from September to November in the middle period, and to analyze the vulnerability of housing according to the housing type of elderly housing. In addition, we investigated the actual situation of housing in the elderly districts in rural areas where the safety of the elderly population was not ensured, and analyzed the housing vulnerability of elderly single households according to the level of housing.
Based on this, we conducted research to collect basic data for the dissemination and application of devices that can secure a safety system for the elderly single households. |