在國際移民日增的情況下，尋求有意義的家園自明性為當前環境規劃設計領域的重要研究課題。本研究透過深度訪談、模糊語意問卷調查及層級分析法的綜合運用，嘗試探討加州舊金山灣區華人對家園自明性的體驗與環境規劃設計元素之關係。透過理論探討與實證經驗的分析，本研究發展出一套系統化分析家園自明性認知的研究方法及分析架構。研究結果顯示，家園自明性的認知是動態變遷的，且是透過社會建構所產生，其反應著移民的日常生活需求、價值觀及社會依附關係。透過家園自明性評估架構之分析，本研究界定出建構家園自明性的關鍵元素，包括至社會網絡的可及性、至中國食物及餐廳的可及性、街道活動、社區公共空間的設計及使用狀況、以及社區土地混合使用狀況等。本研究結果並發現，對研究調查的海外華裔移民(26 歲至45 歲新移民)而言，滿足日常生活之基本需求及連結到華裔在移民地區之社會網路在建構自明性上的意義，會比複製或移植一些中國建築的語彙或裝飾(如中國屋頂)來的重要。依據實證研究分析結果，本研究並對如何為華裔移民營造一個具家園自明性認同的環境，並有助於他們融入多元的在地社會，提出一些環境規劃設計上的建議。

Given the increase of international immigration, searching for a meaningful home place identity by immigrants has become an important research issue in environmental design. By employing research methods
including interviews, fuzzy set theory and the analytical hierarchy process, this study explores how the perceived home place identity and environmental design are related to Chinese immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area.Starting from a theoretical discussion of the concept of home place identity, this study attempts to develop an analytical method to explore the meaning of home place identity for overseas Chinese immigrants, as well as its implications for environmental design. This is followed by an empirical study of selected Chinese immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area. The results of the empirical study show that perceived home place identity among these Chinese immigrants is socially constructed to reflect the daily needs, existing values and social attachments of these people. After examining the proposed evaluation framework, this study identifies several key environmental design elements associated with home place identity of Chinese immigrants, including access to social networks, access to Chinese food and restaurants, social activities on the street, the design and uses of
public spaces in the community, and mixed use condition of land use in the community. This study also finds that accessibility to daily services and social networks are more important than creating symbolic traditional Chinese architecture styles and decorations in building home place identity for Chinese immigrants. Based on the empirical findings, this study suggests some key considerations in environmental design as a means to create a meaningful home place identity for Chinese immigrants in a diverse Western society.