From Isovist to Spatial Perception: Wayfinding in Historic Quarter

Authors

  • Chih-Hung Chen Department of Urban Planning, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Rd., East Dist., Tainan 70101, TAIWAN(ROC)
  • Ting-Ju Lin Department of Urban Planning, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Rd., East Dist., Tainan 70101, TAIWAN(ROC)
  • Chih-Yu Chen Department of Urban Planning, National Cheng Kung University, No.1, University Rd., East Dist., Tainan 70101, TAIWAN(ROC)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i3.374

Keywords:

Wayfinding, Isovist, Spatial Perception and Social Stimuli, Historic Quarter

Abstract

Based on the assumption that human behaviours are mainly affected by physical and animate environments, this empirical research takes the changeful and complex historical district in Tainan to observe wayfinding behaviours. An a priori analysis of the isovist fields is conducted to identify spatial characteristics. Three measures, the relative area, convexity, and circularity, are applied to scrutinize the possible stopping points, change of speed, and route choices. Accordingly, an experiment is carried out to observe spatial behaviours and different influences of social stimuli. Results show that social interactions afford groups and pairs to perform better than individual observers in wayfinding.

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2016-08-03

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Chen, C.-H., Lin, T.-J., & Chen, C.-Y. (2016). From Isovist to Spatial Perception: Wayfinding in Historic Quarter. Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal, 1(3), 300–310. https://doi.org/10.21834/e-bpj.v1i3.374

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2016): August. AcE-Bs2016Taipei, Taiwan, 09-10 April 2016

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Urban Environment / Urban Psychology

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