THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT AFFECTED TO COMMUNICATION ACTIVITIES OF ELDERLY BY DISASTER, FROM THE COMPARISON OF LIVING ARRANGEMENTS IN SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL AREA: By the comparison between detached housing area and apartment area

In detached housing area, the communication activities in the region have two poles tendency such as the following, 1) the active peoples changed to more "neighborhood" by disaster, and 2) the inactive peoples changed to "suburbs outside-friends" and "family-focus" by disaster. On the other hand, in apartment area, 1) the active peoples changed to "friends" by disaster, and 2) the inactive peoples changed to "hobby-friends" and "family-focus" by disaster. Also in the region of either, the inactive peoples are specializing in "family", and the communication activities are becomes estranged in the region (neighborhood), further they are diluted. In this way, it was found that differed large according to living arrangements after disaster, for the communication activities of the elderly peoples. Also they become estranged both activities and consciousness of community, and had especially affected on the activities in terms of emotion of the elderly peoples in apartment area.