An Investigation On Behavior And Design Of City Recreation-Square

With the improvement of living standard and quality more and more people like to exercise outdoor, so that the need of recreation for man is increased. Although the city recreation-squares are enhanced, most of them can not meet user s expectation because the design of city recreation-squares lacks of the consideration for man's behavior, psychology and affiliation. This leads to low-use of these squares. In this condition, investigation of behavior and psychology of people during city recreation-squares and constructions useful and satisfying recreation are very important currently.Based on the theory of environment behavior and psychology, considering user's behavior and psychological need, the investigation scope including 2 representative urban recreation-squares and 3 pleasances, this thesis studied different users, user's behavior, and usage quantity at different times. The results showed that there are many problems in recreation-squares of Taiyuan city, and region location, space subarea, edge effect and participation effect are main effect factors. On this basis, some optimizing design and strategy are put forward.