SOUND HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AS A NOISE PROBLEM IN ENVIRONMENT. HOWEVER, SOUND IS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO CREATE A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT. IN THIS STUDY, WE SAMPLED NUMBERS OF QUESTIONNAIRES IN ORDER TO DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOUR TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL AREA AND IMAGE OF SOUND-ENVIRONMENT. WE OBTAINED FOUR FACTORS FROM THE SURVEY DATA USING FACTOR ANALYSIS. THEN, WITH THE FACTOR LOADING, WHICH WAS OBTAINED FROM FACTOR ANALYSIS, WE CLUSTERED PLEASANT AND UNPLEASANT SOUNDS AND ESTABLISHED A GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN ORDER TO CREATE A PLEASANT SOUND-ENVIRONMENT IN RESIDENTIAL AREA.
