Application of Sample Inventorying Methodology in Surveying Occupant Density at Public Spaces

This paper herein proposed the application of sample inventorying/counting approach for the first time in surveying occupant density at public spaces along with a profile of the methodology. Through survey on the occupant density at the Xidan Department Store of Chengdu and comparison of the results with findings of other methodologies, this thesis analyzed the practicability of sample inventorying approach and its applicable venues, and has thus offered a guidance and reference for survey approaches for survey of basic data such as occupant density at public spaces.