@article{Chen_Lin_Chen_2018, title={An Isovist Study for Wayfinding in Historic Quarter}, volume={3}, url={https://ajbes.e-iph.co.uk/index.php/ajbes/article/view/139}, DOI={10.21834/ajbes.v3i13.139}, abstractNote={<a style="cursor: pointer;" href="https://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog?doi=10.21834/ajbes.v3i13.139&domain=ajbes.e-iph.co.uk&uri_scheme=http;cm_version=v2.0" data-target="crossmark"><img src="/xmark.jpg" alt="" /></a><p class="AMERTextBody">Based on the assumption that human behaviours are mainly affected by physical and animate environments, this empirical research takes the changeful and complex historical district in Tainan to observe wayfinding behaviours. An a priori analysis of the isovist fields is conducted to identify spatial characteristics. Three measures, the relative area, convexity, and circularity, are applied to scrutinize the possible stopping points, change of speed, and route choices. Accordingly, an experiment is carried out to observe spatial behaviours and different influences of social stimuli. Results show that social interactions afford groups and pairs to perform better than individual observers in wayfinding.</p><p>Keywords: wayfinding; isovist; spatial perception and social stimuli; historic quarter.</p><p class="eIPH-AbstractCopyright"><em>eISSN</em><em> 2398-4295 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. </em></p><p><span>DOI: </span>http://dx.doi.org/10.21834/ajbes.v3i13.139</p>}, number={13}, journal={Asian Journal of Behavioural Studies}, author={Chen, Chih-Hung and Lin, Ting-Ju and Chen, Chih-Yu}, year={2018}, month={Aug.}, pages={8–21} }