The residents' evaluations of their city as a whole and those of individual city elements in their neighborhood are formed over a long period of time. Figuring out the relation between how cities are evaluated as a whole and how city elements are pointed out on maps helps us understand the mental structure in terms of resident's neighborhood environment evaluation. However, the relations between residents' mental cognitions have not been studied in terms of city elements. Therefore, this study is aimed to acquire the knowledge that can be helpful in urban planning. We conducted a questionnaire survey using SD method and map pointing method for residents living in three sites of Tokyo metropolitan area from September to December in 2002. We received 601 responses including 514 answers to the question using the map pointing method. As a result, three patterns were found on the relation between the number of city elements pointed out on maps and the percentage of the residents who answered the question using the map pointing method. We also figured out the correspondence of neighborhood environment evaluations and city elements.
