Abstract
The purpose of this study is to establish quantitative evaluation indices for the amenity of the urban living envirnment. By means of cannonical correlation analysis between the degree of satisfaction of inhabitants and the characteristics of surrounding environment, three pairs of canonical variables are extracted. The first canonical variable for the psychological variables explains the trade-off relationship between the amenity and the conveniences. Then, the relationship between the consciousness for amenity of inhabitants and the physical condition of the living environment is examined by means of multiple regression analysis. By applying the derived equation to Setagaya Ward. this equation is of to evaluate the amenity of the urban living environment.
