Study on diversification of the staying actvities in pedestrian mall

Case study of Nakagawa station promenade in Yokohama

Abstract

Multipurpose utilizatione of road space are expected in recent years. We can confirme that the staying activities increase in Nakagawa station pedestrian mall where benches, a stage and flower beds were established newly. So we researched the staying activities by interviews and obsevational investigation. We could grasp various behavior of playing, having communication, eating and drinking, resting, and grasped a lot of the communication among the people including new people. Having the function as