中美两国老年人在城市公共空间中的用户行为比较研究

Research on the User Behavior between China and USA Elderly People in Public Space

本论文依据问卷调查的方法,探讨中美两国老年人在公共空间中的用户行为研究。在中国上海市、无锡市和美国纽约市、辛辛那提市共选取了1960名老年人的有效问卷进行数据分析。其结果显示了中美两国老年人对于城市公共空间中用户行为体验需求的异同点。即中国老年人的使用频率明显高于美国老年人;中国老年人在公共空间中的体验目的主要为运动和健身,而美国老年人则选择放松为首要目的;气候条件是中国老年人参与公共空间的影响重要要素,而时间要素则对美国老年人产生影响;两国老年人都喜欢体育和运动,但中国老年人更偏向于群体性聊天活动,美国老年人更多是独自欣赏风景;公共空间的公共设施是中国老年人最重视的公共空间要素,而交互式设计则是美国老年人的独特需求。最后,文章从文化、经济和政治因素的角度分析了产生上述研究结果的原因。

The using frequency of the public space for the former is much higher than the later; the main purpose of the former in public space is sports and fitness, and relaxation is the chief choice of the later; weather condition and easy communication are the key factors for former to participate in public space, while timing is that for the later; all the elderly people in the two countries are favorite on the sports and fitness, but the party chatting is the feature of the former and the sightseeing is the feature of the later; the facility requirement is the most important attributes for the former to the public space, and the interaction design is the unique demands of the later, while the former had no interests on that demands. In the end, the reason for all the similarities and differences were analyzed in this paper, and the culture, the economics, as well as the politics factors were discussed in detail.