The complete path effect model of the three-dimensional street environment on street usage time

ABSTRACT

Related studies evaluate street vitality by the number of pedestrians. However, street vitality has various forms of manifestation. It is difficult to achieve accurate quantification with a single index, and it is unable to refine the complete impact path of environmental factors. In order to solve the problem, this paper introduces a new street vitality standard (street usage time). Through a structural equation model, the complete path-impact model was built around three-dimensional street environmental elements, four pedestrian activities and street usage time. The model determines the specific and continuous influence path, direction and value among the three aspects.

Acknowledgments

The authors are very grateful to Professor Zhou Qinghua of Xi’an University of Architectural Science and Technology for his careful guidance on the article’s research content and logical structure.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

Notes

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