夜間歩行におけるロービジョン者の意識と街路空間の視環境調査

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In this research, the authors conducted a field survey to obtain basic data that would be helpful for designing and providing better street space for the low-vision people who are expected to increase as aging of our society accelerates. The field survey was conducted in two ways: one was by distributing questionnaire sheets to the low-vision people to extract what they are afraid of and how they feel when they walk through the existing street space, and the other was by conducting a field experiment using existing street space to identify obstacles and useful items in street space. Using the results from those two activities, the authors identified the challenges for the low-vision people in the present street space, and discussed the methodologies to provide the street space that would allow the low-vision people to walk more easily and more safely in night time.