A Computation of Environmental Indices According to Evaluation by Urban Residents

For Environmental Management in Kitakushu City

Abstract

This is an attempt to develop scaling and aggregating methodology of Environmental Indices (EI) according to the urban residents’ evaluation. For this purpose, a newly designed procedure for EI formulation has been proposed, along with the statistical methods used in scaling and aggregationg EI on the basis of questionnaire data and environmental mesh data. These procedure and methods have been applied to Kitakyushu. Then eleven indices, elemental and aggregated, have been formulated and computed for whole area of Kitakyushu. The derived indices are expected to be of effect in the environmental planning and management.