| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺灣大學 === 建築與城鄉研究所 === 98 === A study on pedestrian commuting behavior of school-aged children: the cases of Fu Lin and Dong Yuan elementary school in Taipei
Chen, Yun-Ju
Master’s Thesis of Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University
Abstract
Restricted to physical and mental development characteristics and lack of life experience and judgment, pedestrians of young age are prone to harms caused by traffic accidents when walking on the street, placing them second after elderly pedestrians. Among traffic accidents, the highest rate for accidents is on road route to school in the morning and after school. In attempt to maintain child safety route school and provide a comfortable commuting environment, various fields have recently been promoting the plan for commuting alley transformation. As a matter of fact, in addition to the relationship between human and the environment by acts of walking to school, social behavior such as interpersonal interaction is also included with psychological needs as a factor in influencing the pedestrian behavior. In order to make-up for the lack of analysis in the aspect of physical environment, this research will probe into various aspects of demands in the pedestrian commuting behavior of school-aged children from aspects of children’s physical, psychological, social development and education learning. And this research will combine Maslow''s Needs-Hierarchy Theory to establish a more integrated demand structure for the pedestrian commuting behavior as the foundation for the analysis in addition to discussing the correlation between various need hierarchy.
This research has used two cases as its research subjects- Fu Lin and Dong Yuan Elementary School by utilizing surveys, semi-structured interviews and method of field observation in attempt to inspect whether the needs-hierarchy theory corresponds to the real situation. This research has divided demands influencing the pedestrian commuting behavior into 3 levels including needs for survival, social needs and need for growth. Result from the research has shown that in addition to revealing a hierarchy in the walking demands of school age children, there are still exceptions to school age children walking to school and that demands by various levels will be altered due to the condition of the external environment and personal issue. The former includes supplies and restrictions on commuting environment, such as sidewalk, traffic safety guards and traffic control. The latter is related to characteristics of child development, life experience and commuting patterns. The above-mentioned factors affect mutual fulfillment of need, and then change pedestrian behavior and activities.
Keywords: pedestrian commuter, commuting path, pedestrian behavior, school-aged children, Maslow, needs-hierarchy theory
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