Abstract: Taking the residents of Urumqi as the research object, through the questionnaire survey to obtain relevant data information, using the factor analysis method to extract the main perception factor of residents' livable satisfaction in Urumqi, and with the aid of the geographical probe method, from the two perspectives of livable perception factors and residents' personal attributes, the characteristics and influence mechanism of livable satisfaction of residents in Urumqi were revealed. The results showed that the factors affecting livability satisfaction in Urumqi according to the explanatory power of factors were urban traffic factor, living facilities factor, natural environment factor, water pollution factor, human environment factor, medical condition factor and air pollution factor. Livability satisfaction was influenced by both livable perception factors and residents' personal attributes, but the explanatory power of livable perception factors was obviously stronger than that of residents' personal attributes. Urban traffic factors, living facilities factors and human environment factors became the internal driving forces that affected livable satisfaction.

Key words: livable satisfaction, influence mechanism, geographical detector, factor analysis, Urumqi City