Residents' consciousness of neighborhood environment and their wants which are analyzed and identified by means of intensive questionnaire survey, are interpreted and formulated as the significant input information to planning process of a water-ront rehabilitation and development project In this study. The broad concerns of residents to river sanitation, open space, recreation activities, trail with greenery at riverside indicate that Doi river in Sakai City is one of remarkable environmental resources which are able to support comfortable life and from which residents might gain environmental amenity services. Several alternatives of development plans are designed on the basis of both stimulating disirable functional linkage among various services of space and facilities in and along the river. An amenity-services-oriented plan is judged to be an advantageous to lift up satisfaction level of residents in the evaluation process by surrogate experts.