Abstract
Planners and archtects need more information, from the sociological viewpoint, on how to combine dwelling units into a building form or a housing group. To help answer this question, the significances of "Group-Territory" on small housing groups were studied. This paper (Part 1) finds the factors which have important effects on resident's territorial behavior as a member of his neighborhood, and makes the correlations of these factors clear. 463 wives in 11 housing estates containing low, middle and high-rise buildings were surveyed regarding their daily lives on neighborhood by the questionnaire and interview method. The results support the following statements. (1) Wives who associate with more neighbors have higher level of using common spaces. (2) Wives who associate with more neighbors tend to feel safer. (3) Wives who use the common spaces more frequently are likely to feel safer. (4) Wives in a more intimate group have stronger territorial feeling against strangers. (5) Association in the neighborhood is more intimate in a group where more "Self-Expression" things, such as plant boxes, are found. These statements indicate that association, outdoor activities and feeling of safety interact together and play an important role in the structure of "Group-Territory". The effects of physical settings on these factors are to be reperted in Part 2.
