Living Environment Evaluation and Attitude toward Smell by Residents

Part 1: Changes in the evaluation of living environment

Abstract

The lifestyle and living environment of residents have been changing with the times, and it is thought that the position of odor in residents' evaluation of their living environment and their awareness of their living environment has also been changing. The purpose of this paper was to clarify the changes in the residents' evaluation of their living environment by comparing the results of surveys conducted in 1990 and 2000 with the same content. As a result, it was found that the level of satisfaction with the living environment has increased with the change of the times.