Transcript Demographic & Social Change Baby Boomers: 1946- 1964; 68 million

Demographic & Social Change
Baby Boomers: 19461964;
68 million
Boomers influence on life-style
Life-style vs. life-cycle
Postponing
marriage
Divorce
Career vs. Family
vs. Life-style
The Elderly: 1970-1990,
over 65 population
increased from 9.2% to
12.4%
2000 census:
65 and over – 35,919,174
(increase of approx.
5 million)
New Immigrants
Changed Immigration
policy
- abolition in 1965 of
ceilings
’90s immigration =
11.3 million
Impact on Built Environment
“Restless Landscape”
Landscapes of Keno capitalism
Technoburb; Edge City; Galactic
Metropolitan form