Aging In Place In China's Urban Residential Communities

China stepped into aging society in 2002. It will experience a high speed increasing stage of the elderly until the middle of this century. The high speed of increasing will bring different effects to every aspects of the society, especially given that the basic of the economy is still weak. Housing the aged will be one of the problems. It is necessary to find out the proper solution soon. As the big cities will meet this kind of problem before the other cities and most elderly of China are living in ordinary residence, this thesis is focused on how to provide proper residence to the elderly in the city communities. This topic is studied in several aspects, such as architectonics, sociology, psychology and so on.In the first and second chapter of this thesis, it shows the distance between China and the developed countries through the contrast of history and the present situation. In the third chapter, investigations and data collection reflect the demand of senior housing at this moment. Based on the research result from the third chapter, and with the study of experience of developed countries, the concept "aging in place" is brought forward in the forth chapter. It is considered as the solution to senior housing problem of the most elder people living in city communities. The fifth chapter of the thesis is the analysis of the dwelling ways of the elderly and the architecture mode corresponding to the different ways. The last chapter is conclusion and prospect.