2012 年 2012 巻 79 号 p. 20-25
This is the second n紅tof the study entitled “Study on the Living and Residential Environments in an Apartment Building District in Central Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.” In this part, based on the results of research to date, the author focused on the state of community formation in urban apartment districts and verified the interrelationship between lifestyle and community activities and the residents' attitudes toward their lifestyles and community, while at the same time determining the status and trends of community formation in apartment districts. The basic knowledge concerning lifestyles and living environments in“communal living” communities that was obtained through this study included the following: 1) the households that had a stronger degree of neighborly ties tended to have stronger relationships with neighboring residents including residents within the same apartment building, and they also tended to hold fixed residence in higher regard and to have a greater degree of participation in group activities, special event activities and the like and to have a more favorable opinion of these activities; and 2) awareness of fixed residence of apartment dwellers (awareness of changing its home) is related to situation of community in urban apartment districts.