Pedestrian movement and its effect on sociability of public spaces

.................................................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Background ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 Pedestrians in central Amsterdam ........................................................................................................... 7 Aim of the research ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Objective and relevance of the research ................................................................................................. 8 Research questions ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Main research question ................................................................................................................................................. 8 Sub-questions .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Disposition ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Theories and definitions ................................................................................................................. 10 Pedestrian movement ................................................................................................................................. 10 To-movement and through-movement ............................................................................................................... 12 Sociability ........................................................................................................................................................ 13 Sociability in the context of movement ............................................................................................................... 17 Public space .................................................................................................................................................... 20 Environmental psychology ........................................................................................................................ 21 Behavior setting ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Place evaluation ............................................................................................................................................................. 23 Methodology ........................................................................................................................................ 24 Choosing the main research method ...................................................................................................... 24 Identifying the type of case study .......................................................................................................................... 26 Case selection and data collection ........................................................................................................... 27 Steps of the case study ................................................................................................................................. 29 Validity and limitations .............................................................................................................................. 31 Internship at the Municipality of Amsterdam ..................................................................................... 33 Case studies and results ................................................................................................................... 34 Kalverstraat .................................................................................................................................................... 36 History, morphology and attractors ..................................................................................................................... 36 Results of countings and trackings ........................................................................................................................ 38 Results of surveys ......................................................................................................................................................... 43 Results of observations .............................................................................................................................................. 44 Reguliersbreestraat ..................................................................................................................................... 45 History, morphology and attractors ..................................................................................................................... 45 Results of countings and trackings ........................................................................................................................ 47 Results of surveys ......................................................................................................................................................... 52 Results of observations .............................................................................................................................................. 53 Analysis and discussion ................................................................................................................... 55 Identifying the type of movement and reasons behind it ............................................................... 55