Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1029520 | Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services | 2010 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Initiatives for the regeneration (or renewal) of Central Business Districts (CBD) could benefit from knowledge about how pedestrians interact with the environment. This study examined both cross-sectional and sequential information embedded in weekend activity patterns of pedestrians in the CBD of Hiroshima City (Japan). A multidimensional sequence alignment method was used that accounted for the types of facilities where pedestrians stopped, and whether or not stops occurred in the main street. A subsequent cluster analysis identified five distinctive pedestrian segments. The findings illustrate that, despite the complexities underlying pedestrian behavior, meaningful regularities in activity patterns can be found.
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Authors
Dick Saarloos, Chang-Hyeon Joh, Junyi Zhang, Akimasa Fujiwara,