抄録
The course selection factors can be divided into two major categories, external condition such as street shape, street pattern, facilities, etc. and personal feature such as character, preference, etc. Different personal features are deemed to have a great impact on the course selection behavior. In order to create a good street space, it is necessary to consider the personal feature. However, studies from the perspective of personal feature have not been sufficiently accumulated. The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between course selection behavior and the personal feature, by analyzing the relationship between characteristics of the course selection and the difference of the personal feature.
The course selection experiments were carried out by the method of drawing a walking course on 12 blank maps with various streets patterns. As a reason, on the one hand, when people choose their course in the street space, the street itself is the most fundamental and most important element of the street space, such as street shape, street pattern, etc. So it is necessary to discuss people's attention to the street itself. The blank map can be used to simplify the street space and only show people the street itself. In this way, we can clearly grasp the relationship between the street itself and the course selection behavior. On the other hand, course selection behavior may change with different street characteristics. We can provide a variety of streets patterns through the blank maps. Based on this, we can clearly understand the course selection behavior.
About the experiment, the subjects were asked to draw courses, mark their interested places on those maps, and answer face sheets at the end of experiments. We analyzed the results of coures selected, the areas where the subjects were interested in and the subjects' personal feature respectively, then grasp the relationship among the three. Furthermore, we also discussed the differences of the course selected strategies of the subjects with different personal features. We show the knowledge provided from the experiment result below.
First, according to the result of course selected, the subjects were classified into 3 groups by Cluster Analysis. The subjects of Group 1 tended to walk a long distance and prefer narrow and complexed streets. The subjects of Group 2 had medium values of all the index of course selected were centered. In the subjects of Group 3, they prefered a short distance and simple street. As a feature of interested places in each group, Group 1 showed a wide range of interested places and have a large number of street units in interested places. In contrast, Group 3 showed a small range of interested places and tended to mark street blocks with special shape.
Second, regarding to personal features, they can be divided into 5 factors by Factor Analysis, namely space recognition, interest in strolling, interest in maps, sense of direction and curiosity. The subjects of Group 1 were most interested in strolling and they also have good spatial cognitive abilities. The spatial cognitive ability of Group 2 was the strongest among three groups, while the preference of strolling was slightly lower. The subjects of Group 3 lack preference of strolling and spatial cognition ability, but they have curiosity.
Finally, as a result of course selected strategy, the subjects of Group 1 tended to plan their course spread throughout the map. The subjects of Group 2 planned to choose curved streets and the streets where they were interested in. The subjects of Group 3 showed greater attention to the main streets or streets of special shapes.
