Assessing Promenade in Tsukuba Science City

Abstract

A stroll can choose preferable street and road as a pleasant promenade of the city. Tsukuba Science City provides the various types of promenade in the developing area. Then popular promenades are investigated by the map pointed out method. Comparing to the results of 1980, the development provided a good pedestrian space in the center area. Strolling by bicycle needs longer and more distant promenade than that of walking. A 1.5m hedge separates the traffic road and makes more preferable pedestrian. Effective elements are found for preferable landscape. Transmission facilities, advertisement board, and etc. disturbs the landscape of promenade.