Seasonal Comparison of Outdoor Activity and Relationships between Behavior and Spatial Conditions at Row House District

Abstract

This study aims to clarify seasonal difference of outdoor behavior at row house district in Osaka city. The present condition of outdoor behaviors investigated in the autumn of 2001, were compared with the 2000 summer's data collected in the previous study in terms of times, ages, distribution. Spatial conditions such as street patterns, physical characteristics of house and reconstruction (or reform), were also surveyed in order to analyze relationships between physical construction and activities. While Nigiwaimachi area has more outdoor behaviors in summer than that in autumn, more behaviors were observed in autumn in Ohji-Hannan area. Conversations and house-keepings tend to be more in autumn in both areas.Outdoor behaviors are generally influenced from reconstruction and reform ratio, entrance distribution ratio, and street pattern.