A Study on the Factors Affecting Settlement Consciousness from the Viewpoint of Personal Attribute and Living Environment

Abstract

In this paper, I report on the significant factors affecting settlement consciousness from the view point of personal attributes and living environment. A web questionnaire was conducted for residents of 49 cities in Japan. The obtained results are shown as follows: Firstly, it was clarified that the settlement consciousness of respondents was high. Secondly, by using the quantification theory, I clarified the relations between the personal attributes/living environment and the settlement consciousness. It was showed that one of resident's ages had strongly influenced for the settlement consciousness. Then, it is clarified that the respondents of 20's and 30's age require "accessibility and convenience to urban facility", and the respondents of over 40's age require "spatial attraction of living quarter, e.g. standard of safety or quality of life".