Abstract
This research aimed to understand the interrelation between residents and the river, paying attention to changes in the river environment. Therefore, it examined literature data concerning the transition of the regional environment and the river environment improvement. The change in the relation between residents and the river were identified by an interview given to residents residing near the river. As a result, the river, which had natural environment, was seen in relation with residents in various aspects, and value as a social space that residents could freely use was high. And the river as an industrial environment was recognized as an external facility, which did not have a direct relation on the life of residents, and diluted their consciousness of the river.
