A Study on the Resident Satisfaction about the Waterfront Space of Apartment Houses in the Urban Coastal Area - Focusing on Differences in Consciousness by Generations -

Abstract

As recently, coastal areas have become residences, certain generations that include the family class rapidly inflow, but it is necessary to approach carefully whether the coastal area can be maintained as a good residence that is continuously chosen by many residents after the development boom of coastal areas soon goes slow. It is necessary to clarify differences in the evaluation of the waterfront space by generations in terms of the continuous development of the coastal area as a residence and to utilize them in the maintenance of the regional environment evaluated by various generations. This study aims to assess the evaluations of the actual conditions of the components of the surrounding waterfront space and their impact on the comprehensive satisfaction with the waterfront space based on the residents’ evaluation of the waterfront space in the residential environment of apartment houses in the urban coastal area, to identify differences in the evaluation of the elements of the waterfront space by generations from the youth to the elderly, focusing on the evaluation by each generation, to reflect the elements of the waterfront space with which various age groups can be satisfied in apartment houses in urban coastal areas in the future maintenance plan and to lay the foundation so that they can be utilized in setting up the residents-centered residential environment. As a result of the study, it turned out that there was a difference in the impact of the evaluations of the elements of the waterfront space on satisfaction with the waterfront space among generations. In particular, it is judged that it is important to focus on and utilize both “daily” space elements and “non-daily” space elements for the youth and the middle-aged and “daily” space elements for the elderly in order to enhance satisfaction with the waterfront space. In addition, till now, residences in coastal areas have been developed centered around the provider, but it would be necessary to realize the sustainable residential environment in which various generations can live satisfied in the coastal area in preparation for population growth in the future. To do so, it is necessary to form the appropriate waterfront space for demands of residents in multiple generations, considering differences in the elements of the waterfront space among generations affecting satisfaction with the waterfront space investigated in this study.