This research investigates how access to eight urban amenities impacts people’s satisfaction with the urban environment in four new towns close to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. A Structural Equation Model (SEM) is used to analyze how the objective environment affects satisfaction with the urban environment through factors such as the perceived evaluation of the objective environment. The findings indicate that having easy access to urban parks, schools, shopping facilities, medical service facilities, and sports facilities is linked to higher levels of satisfaction with the urban environment. While some amenities indirectly affect satisfaction, shopping and sports facilities have a direct and indirect effect on overall satisfaction. The study also suggests that while people’s perception of crime prevention influences satisfaction with the urban environment, accessibility to police stations does not have a significant impact on satisfaction with either crime prevention or the urban environment, highlighting the need to identify other factors that influence satisfaction with crime prevention measures. Overall, the research provides evidence to support the importance of proximity to urban amenities, and identifies which amenities are crucial to enhance the quality of urban life.

这项研究调查了韩国首都首尔附近四个新城镇的八种城市便利设施的使用情况如何影响人们对城市环境的满意度。结构方程模型（SEM）通过对客观环境的感知评价等因素来分析客观环境如何影响城市环境满意度。研究结果表明，能否方便地前往城市公园、学校、购物设施、医疗服务设施和体育设施与对城市环境的更高满意度有关。虽然一些便利设施间接影响满意度，但购物和体育设施对整体满意度有直接和间接的影响。研究还表明，虽然人们对预防犯罪的看法影响对城市环境的满意度，但前往警察局的可达性并没有对预防犯罪或城市环境的满意度产生重大影响，这凸显了需要确定影响对城市环境满意度的其他因素。预防犯罪措施。总体而言，该研究提供了证据来支持靠近城市便利设施的重要性，并确定了哪些便利设施对于提高城市生活质量至关重要。