A large-scale urban development could arise various negative effects on surrounding villages, such as soaring of the land prices, sprawllike development activities, conversion of farmlands, and declination in motivation for farming. this paper investigates 23 villages surrounding Seishin new towns in Nishi-ku which were directly affected by the urban development. Through investigation and comparison of the information about resident characteristic such as changes in the population, population composition and structure of employment, the characteristics of each small area are carefully described. By collating the results with the other small areas, the relationships of the villages to new town will be found out.