This is a study of how the creation of cultural environment affects a region and of how the region is changed accordingly. Six places were selected for an empirical study: Bookchon, Daehackro, Kwangjinnaru Art Center, Worldcup Stadium, Myungrundong Region and Seoul Forest. The results show that the most positive effect is cultural regeneration and development, then enhancement of the quality of life, and reinforcement of community effects. Remarkable one is that subjective factors such as satisfaction with the region, pride of the region, and attitude to culture are more effective for the regional value of cultural environment than objective factors such as establishment cost, distance from downtown, and accessibility. In the establishment of cultural environment, the most important thing is not so much cultural environment itself as the attitude to culture and as the satisfaction and pride with the region.핵심용어(Key words):문화환경(Cultural environment),지역경제 활성화(Revitalization of regional economy),정주성 강화(Reinforcement of sedentari-ness),삶의 질 제고(Enhancement of the quality of life)