ABSTRACT: The socio-environmental quality of residential neighborhoods can be found in the development of pleasant spaces for people to live, in addressing daily needs and in how users perceive the urban environment. The main characteristic of areas identified as displaying a high socio-environmental quality is the liveability of the urban spaces. This study is based on the hypothesis that certain dimensions of the city associated to urban design can construct and maintain a socio-environmental quality in residential neighborhoods, the value of which is perceived by the community. Urban dimensions related to socio-cultural aspects, urban form and semantic perception, when added to the perceptions of the desired value and the received value in a certain residential neighborhood by the people who live there, develop the quality of the urban environment. The main objective of this survey was to identify possible urban dimensions that allow and encourage the permanence of liveability in residential neighborhoods. In order to achieve this, a case study was developed in a residential area composed of two neighborhoods in the city of Vitória/ES/Brazil identified as displaying a high socio-environmental urban quality and maintaining the liveability of their urban spaces over the years. The urban elements which promote the perception or not of the attributes of value in the urban space were identified. The proposed design recommendations were prepared based on the results of the study. It is hoped that these recommendations can contribute to guide future projects where socio- environmental urban quality is a priority.
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