Residential environmental evaluation of local cities considering regional characteristic and personal residential preference-a case study of Saga City, Japan

Article type: Research Article

Authors: GE, Jian^; | HOKAO, Kazunori

Affiliations: Department of Architecture, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China | Department of Civil Engineering, Saga University, Japan

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: gejian@cc.saga-u.ac.jp

Abstract: Questionnaire surveys and subjective evaluations on residential environment were performed in order to grasp the main factors of residential environment of small local cities. The suitable evaluation index system was established, and the regional residential environment characteristics and personal residential preference types were analyzed, so that their influence on residential environment evaluation could be grasped. The results can be applied to the residential environment planning, construction and monitoring of local cities.

Keywords: residential environment evaluation, local city, regional characteristics, personal residential preference

Journal: Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 138-144, 2004