How people interact with street environment: A case study of Da Nang city

Abstract

As public space, not only does street space play an important role in terms of traffic, but it also serves as a crucial venue for daily activities of human beings. Accompanying the social development, the demand for upgrading and improving street space is inevitable but how to design the space still remains a concern among many individuals. This research investigates the interaction of human beings with street space. This is a pivotal basis for helping designers and administrators develop suitable space for human demands and concurrently preserve sociocultural values of local residents through the theory of environment behavior study. By using Danang city as a case study, this research identifies eight elements that people pay the most attention to both negative and positive sides. Further analyses identify the properties and characteristics of emerged elements that caught users’ attention. Each element is associated with its own characteristics. The details are performed in this paper.