원도심 보행환경 만족도 영향요인 분석 및 개선방안

The purpose of this study is to grasp main factors influencing pedestrian environment by evaluating and analyzing merchants" satisfaction level and to provide improvement measures in the pedestrian environment of Seongan-gil, pedestrian-exclusive space of Cheongju City. This study was largely conducted in three stages. First of all, this study has previous studies regarding pedestrian environment of Seongan-gil. And then this study has carried out a survey related to merchants" satisfaction in the pedestrian environment. As for the contents of the questionnaire, there were 27 questions in total, such as 9 questions about safety, 10 questions about convenience, 6 questions about functionality of downtown and 1 question about the whole satisfaction. The final stage was the analysis and evaluation of questionnaires collected using Multiple Regression Analysis. As a result of the analysis, in the whole satisfaction, whereas merchants were satisfied with safety, functionality of downtown, and convenience in the rale of satisfaction level. Merchants" satisfaction is that safety was first, followed by functionality of downtown and convenience. Among the major factors influencing pedestrian environment, safety, convenience, and the functionality of downtown were statistically significant. As for the merchant groups, the functionality of downtown is a determinant to affect whole satisfaction level.