抄録
Relationship between space image and tourists' path selectionpatterns plays a very important role in landscape planning anddesign in scenic areas. Based on research of West Lake scenicarea in Hang Zhou, this article studies the small scale spacescenic images and big scale spatial structure images throughquestionnaire surveys, image recognition, image sketch, factoranalysis, dynamic observation and other methods. The resultsindicate that there are four main types of space activities amongthe West Lake tourists, namely (1) the general activity type inthe Bai Causeway and Su Causeway, (2) the general activitytype in the Sunset Glow at Leifeng Pagoda, (3) the surroundingactivity type in the Evening Bell at Nanping Hill, and (4) thesurrounding activity type in the Music Fountain Square; and theproportion score has it in order from high to low. The scoreresults of tourists' identifying picture and frequency of the fiveelements of space image in image maps are consistent with fourmain types of space activities observed by dynamic lines.Therefore, tourists' perception results of space image candirectly affect the route choice behavior. And the more imageelements can be perceived, the more reasonable path choicescan be made. Finally, the research puts forward somesuggestions tentatively on the planning and design of the WestLake area.
