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[HTT21-03] On Pedestrians’ Evaluation about Alley in the City
Keywords:Alley, Attachment, Rural Depopulation, Rural Emigration
1. Introduction
In recent years, the depopulation of local cities has become a serious problem. Depopulated areas are experiencing problems such as a decline in economic and social sustainability, and difficulties for residents to move around. However, due to the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic, there is a growing interest in rural migration. Under these circumstances, we believe it is necessary to propose the creation of spaces where people who have migrated to local areas can settle down.
2. Purpose and methodology of research
In order to create a city that people want to settle in, we thought that "attachment" would be necessary. Our initial hypothesis is that a city with many places where people are easily attached would be easier to settle. In this study, we focused on "streets" in the city and aimed to quantify some of the attachments that people have with streets.
As the research method, we conducted a factor analysis using the Semantic Differential (SD) method to find out what kind of psychology people have toward streets, where the factors that were considered to be related to the “attachment” were determined. In addition, in order to make the factors more concrete, we defined the items that were hypothesized to constitute the factors, and conducted a path choice experiment using the one-to-one comparison method for these items.
3. Research using factor analysis
Using nine photographs and eleven different rating scales, we conducted a factor analysis survey using the SD method. Based on the structure of the rating scales for each factor, the factor names were "Functionality", "Emotionality" and "Symbolism". In this study, we focused on "Symbolism".
We named the higher symbolism values as "Independent Symbolism" and the lower values as "Relational Symbolism". In this study, we focused on the “Relational Symbolism”. The photos with high Relational Symbolism had four things in common: few people, plants, shade, and uneven walls.
4. Survey by route selection
For the items in the previous section, we prepared six different photos for each item and conducted a path selection experiment using the one-to-one comparison method. As a result, the preferred path was the one with fewer people and uneven walls.
For the "people" item, we hypothesized that the "percentage of people in the picture" would be related to Relational Symbolism, but since it did not correlate with the selection rate on the scale, we used the angle of depression to examine the correlation with the location that can be taken as "close space". From an experiment by Higuchi, we defined the area with an angle of depression of 10° or less as "close space" and examined the relationship between the percentage of people existing in the "close space" and the selection rate. As a result, there was a correlation between the "percentage of people who do not exist in the close space" and the "selection rate by scale value," indicating that the percentage of people who exist in the close space is related to Relational Symbolism. From this, we hypothesized that the simplicity of the ground in "close space" is related to Relational Symbolism.
Next, for the "unevenness of the wall", we hypothesized that the more complex the wall was in relation to the ground, the higher the Relational Symbolism would be.
5.Conclusion
In this study, we attempted to quantify "Relational Symbolism" by focusing on the factor of "Symbolism" found by the SD method. The number of people and the presence or absence of unevenness in the walls were found to be useful items. From this, we hypothesized that a space with an angle of depression of 10° or less was related to Relational Symbolism.
In addition, we would like to quantify the complexity of the wall by examining the photographs and the words of the questions in the one-to-one comparison method, and to quantify the Relational Symbolism more accurately.
In recent years, the depopulation of local cities has become a serious problem. Depopulated areas are experiencing problems such as a decline in economic and social sustainability, and difficulties for residents to move around. However, due to the impact of the new coronavirus pandemic, there is a growing interest in rural migration. Under these circumstances, we believe it is necessary to propose the creation of spaces where people who have migrated to local areas can settle down.
2. Purpose and methodology of research
In order to create a city that people want to settle in, we thought that "attachment" would be necessary. Our initial hypothesis is that a city with many places where people are easily attached would be easier to settle. In this study, we focused on "streets" in the city and aimed to quantify some of the attachments that people have with streets.
As the research method, we conducted a factor analysis using the Semantic Differential (SD) method to find out what kind of psychology people have toward streets, where the factors that were considered to be related to the “attachment” were determined. In addition, in order to make the factors more concrete, we defined the items that were hypothesized to constitute the factors, and conducted a path choice experiment using the one-to-one comparison method for these items.
3. Research using factor analysis
Using nine photographs and eleven different rating scales, we conducted a factor analysis survey using the SD method. Based on the structure of the rating scales for each factor, the factor names were "Functionality", "Emotionality" and "Symbolism". In this study, we focused on "Symbolism".
We named the higher symbolism values as "Independent Symbolism" and the lower values as "Relational Symbolism". In this study, we focused on the “Relational Symbolism”. The photos with high Relational Symbolism had four things in common: few people, plants, shade, and uneven walls.
4. Survey by route selection
For the items in the previous section, we prepared six different photos for each item and conducted a path selection experiment using the one-to-one comparison method. As a result, the preferred path was the one with fewer people and uneven walls.
For the "people" item, we hypothesized that the "percentage of people in the picture" would be related to Relational Symbolism, but since it did not correlate with the selection rate on the scale, we used the angle of depression to examine the correlation with the location that can be taken as "close space". From an experiment by Higuchi, we defined the area with an angle of depression of 10° or less as "close space" and examined the relationship between the percentage of people existing in the "close space" and the selection rate. As a result, there was a correlation between the "percentage of people who do not exist in the close space" and the "selection rate by scale value," indicating that the percentage of people who exist in the close space is related to Relational Symbolism. From this, we hypothesized that the simplicity of the ground in "close space" is related to Relational Symbolism.
Next, for the "unevenness of the wall", we hypothesized that the more complex the wall was in relation to the ground, the higher the Relational Symbolism would be.
5.Conclusion
In this study, we attempted to quantify "Relational Symbolism" by focusing on the factor of "Symbolism" found by the SD method. The number of people and the presence or absence of unevenness in the walls were found to be useful items. From this, we hypothesized that a space with an angle of depression of 10° or less was related to Relational Symbolism.
In addition, we would like to quantify the complexity of the wall by examining the photographs and the words of the questions in the one-to-one comparison method, and to quantify the Relational Symbolism more accurately.