Applying the Blue Screen Keying Technology to Explore Visitors'' Dynamic Crowding Perception on the Xitou Nature Education Area Trail

• Main Authors: Jia-Ying Wu, 吳家穎
• Other Authors: Yen-Hung Hsu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wmvhup

碩士 === 國立虎尾科技大學 === 休閒遊憩研究所 === 100 === Crowding has been an issue in major recreation areas in Taiwan. The previous studies have focused on getting the maximum carrying capacity. However, those places are still in a crowd situation, even though they know carrying capacity, they still could not implement it. If they can adopt dynamic pedestrian flow control to decrease the feeling of crowding, they may provide better recreation quality for tourists in a crowd situation. Besides, dynamic pedestrian flow control can play as an important index for recreation managerial units. In Crowding Model, proposed by Manning, it explains that the number of occupants of the setting may influence crowding perception. The factor is consistent with the study. Therefore, based on Crowding Model, the researcher adopts the concept of encounters in Crowding Model to simulate the intervals and numbers of pedestrians; and then measures crowding perception and acceptability. In the questionnaire, this research not only investigates crowding perception, but also analyzes a participant’s socioeconomic background and recreation characteristics. The results showed that dynamic pedestrian flow can efficiently decrease crowding perception when a group of four with the interval of 12 meters. Besides, if the trail is bidirectional, the acceptable interval for a group of two is at least 5.25 meters; the acceptable interval for a group of five is 12 meters; the acceptable interval for a group of ten is 30 meters; however, if trails are unidirectional, the acceptable interval for a group of two is at least 5.55 meters; the acceptable interval for a group of five is 16.5 meters; the acceptable interval for a group of ten is 25.5 meters. The results of the study provided clear suggestions for the managerial units. The results of this study recommended that the flow control could provide a better solution for the prevention of crowded situation. For example, in the same time frame, visitors would fell less crowded if the manager could divide the same population of visitors into several small groups. When the group had reached 10 people, it was recommended to adopt one-way trail for higher recreational quality.