The Optimum Density Analysis by Residential Satisfaction in Multi-family Housing Development

The Optimum Density Analysis by Residential Satisfaction in Multi-family Housing Development

&nbsp;&nbsp;Residential satisfaction becomes more important thing in the housing arena than before, since human needs for housing is one of the underlying power for the life and current built environment asks for urban growth management. Residential satisfaction can be accomplished within the framework of physical development of urban areas and especially development density for residential areas. This paper seeks to make a contribution of connecting residential satisfaction and development density. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to figure out the influence of residential density on residential satisfaction. It also attempts to find out the optimum development density that residents would best be satisfied. In order to accomplish the objectives. this paper will focus on a variable of the floor area ratio for the optimum density. It is believed that the floor area ratio affect residential satisfaction more significantly than any other variables.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;Empirical results are as follows. First, the site environment satisfaction responds more sensitive to the change of the floor area ratio. compared to the inner environment satisfaction. Second, satisfaction of outer environment and convenience of site facilities tends to be increased as the floor area ratio gets small. On the other hand, satisfaction of floor plan and layout gets high as the floor area ratio increases. Third, the optimum density for the best satisfaction is 159%, ranging 155-162%.