INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ABOUT CHANGES IN DRAWING COURSE

－A study on the relationship between strolling course selection and personal feature by a method of drawing on a map Part 2－

Abstract

 Research on course selection is usually analyzed from the personal feature and external condition. About 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. When we choose the course, we will change direction or position and speculate that the characteristics of different people will be different.

 On the other hand, about external condition such as street shape, street pattern, facilities, etc., and the impact of street patterns on course selection is also considered important.

 Therefore, the purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between the personal feature and course selection, by analyzing direction and position change of course in different street pattern.

 In order to avoid the influence of other external conditions besides street pattern, the experiments were carried out by the method of drawing courses on blank maps. We chose 12 maps with various street patterns. These were blank maps that consisted of only lines showing streets and blocks without buildings and urban facilities. About the experiment, the subjects were asked to draw courses on those maps, and answer face sheets at the end of experiments. We analyzed the results of coures selected, the subjects’ personal feature respectively and course selection strategies, then grasped the relationship among them. We show the knowledge provided from the experiment result below.

 First, as the results of course selection strategies, subjects recognize streets on maps as streets, and realize that they choose the course on the map.

 Second, different subjects showed different tendencies when they choosing course. For example, as the results of the change in the direction of the course, the subjects of Group 1 who most interested in strolling and they also have good spatial cognitive abilities, changed their direction frequently. In the subjects of Group 3, they lack preference of strolling and spatial cognition ability, they don't like to change direction.

 Third, on position distribution of course, the subjects of Group 1 tended to draw a long course and spread throughout the map, also they tended to draw a complex course. The subjects of Group 3 showed greater attention to the main streets or streets of special shapes and had a simple course near the starting point.

 Finally, from the complexity of the course, no matter which group of subjects, they do not always choose the streets have the same characteristics. Especially in the subjects of Group 1, their course varies frequently between complex streets and simple streets.