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POPULATION'S URBAN ENVIRONMENT EVALUATION MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION *
Author(s) -
Maeda Hiroshi,
Murakami Shuta
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1467-9787
pISSN - 0022-4146
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9787.1985.tb00073.x
Subject(s) - process (computing) , population , computer science , function (biology) , urban planning , welfare , social welfare , regional science , environmental planning , operations research , geography , management science , sociology , economics , political science , civil engineering , mathematics , engineering , demography , evolutionary biology , law , market economy , biology , operating system
We propose the Population's Urban Environment Evaluation Model that quantitatively presents inhabitants’ evaluations of urban environments. Our target is to establish firmly a method to effectively reflect the inhabitants’ consciousness in a regional planning process. The approach taken follows a group decision‐making theory and a multi‐attribute utility theory: a kind of social welfare function (of additive form) is identified by using questionnaire data. The results of application of our model to Kitakyushu show that it presents several useful insights for regional planning.