Meso- or micro-scale? Environmental factors influencing pedestrian satisfaction

作     者：Kim, Saehoon Park, Sungjin Lee, Jae Seung 

作者机构：Seoul Natl Univ Grad Sch Environm Studies Dept Landscape Architecture Urban Design concentr Seoul 151742 South Korea Seoul Natl Univ Interdisciplinary Program Landscape Architecture Seoul 151742 South Korea Hongik Univ Dept Urban Design & Planning Seoul 121791 South Korea 

出 版 物：《TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT》 (运输研究D部分：运输与环境)

年 卷 期：2014年第30卷第Jul.期

页      面：10-20页

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学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 08[工学] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

基　　金：National Research Foundation of Korea Grant - Korea government (MSIP) [NRF-2010-0029452] Hongik University Research Fund 

主　　题：Pedestrian satisfaction Meso-scale environmental attributes Micro-scale environmental attributes Multilevel modeling 

摘      要：Despite interest in walking and its environmental, health, and social benefits, little research has investigated pedestrian satisfaction, and its potential influence on walking decisions. The present study examines the relationships between pedestrian satisfaction, and a variety of built environment factors, in order to gain insight into urban design strategies that can improve pedestrian satisfaction. We analyzed a pedestrian survey, carried out in Seoul, Korea, which includes questions about personal characteristics, micro-scale environmental attributes, and the level of pedestrian satisfaction, together with Seoul GIS data, which provided meso-scale environmental variables. The multilevel models estimated the effects of environmental factors on the level of satisfaction of utilitarian and recreational walkers. The analysis identified significant effects of both meso-scale (e.g. density, intersection density, hilliness, and the presence of bus stops), and micro-scale (e.g. sidewalk width, and the presence of bus dedicated lanes, crossings, lamps, and trees) variables on pedestrian satisfaction. The results calls on researchers to investigate a comprehensive set of psychological and environmental factors, in order to understand the various aspects of pedestrian satisfaction, and the diverse motivations behind it, as well as on planners, to adopt diverse design approaches that will produce more satisfactory pedestrian environments. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.