Recently, one-person households have increased sharply by increasing women''s social activities, the number of divorce couples, and the number of aging people. The ratio of one-person households will be higher than what it is expected. It seems that one-person household additive tendency will be maintained for a while, and it can be predicted that the impact of these layers on the housing market will also be the same. Therefore, the government must supply housing according to the demand of one-person household to be added. In order to provide housing suitable for one-person households, it is intended to grasp the preferable factors and prepare basic factors for housing supply.
In this study, with regard to factors to be considered preferentially when selecting one-person households to be classified into four classifications and each classification in terms of physical, social, environmental, economical, with the experts of residents and urban planners. It conducted a questionnaire and derived the importance among considerations when choosing a residential location for one person using multiple regression analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) analysis. The result of the study is to compare and analyze factors derived from residents and experts surveys, to provide a convenient and comfortable residence by physical, social, environmental, economical to one-person households.
This study found out that one-person households consider the access and convenience to the workplace so that it in necessary to consider the convenience of public transportation for the sites of one-person households.
First, in the physical department, selection of a housing location considering the access and convenience of one person is required.
Secondly, in the social sector, in order to reduce the occurrence of crime, the total of public facilities that can form community of local residents must be included in the housing supply plan.
Thirdly, in the environmental sector, it is necessary to have a household which can make use of the demand of one person by utilizing the space of housing at a rate.
Fourth, in the economical sector, it is necessary to establish a customized housing support policy of one-person households according to the profit.