The aim of this research is to gain some basic knowledge which helps planning a sustainable development of suburban new town community by analyzing conditions & intension of participation about community activities by residents. We research in typical suburban new towns in Kansai-area, which are Woody-town & Fower-town in Sanda-city. Main findings are as follows: 1. residents hope machizukuri under the leadership of the citizens but they show a negative attitude toward community activities 2. there is a high correlation between intension of permanent resident and conditions of participation about community activities 3. there are some differences among residents of different building-types about conditions of participation about community activities.
