2017 Volume 52 Issue 3 Pages 239-246
The central area of Kobe City consists of some unique districts, which are supposed to contribute to create its attractiveness. However, most pedestrians visit only a few numbers of places around railway stations, and it has been pointed out that their activity space is very narrow. This study aims to analyze factors influencing pedestrian behavior in shopping areas in the city center of Kobe City, based on questionnaire survey to visitors conducted by the authors. First, four indices, time spent, distance traveled, the number of stores visited and expenditure consumed by respondents, are calculated to understand characteristics of pedestrian behavior. Next, respondents' activity patterns are identified based on their purpose for visiting stores and types of stores visited employing cluster analysis. Then, factors influencing each index, including respondents' attributes and activity patterns, are revealed using mathematical quantification theory class1.
