Research on the Renewal Strategy of Pedestrian Space in Urban Central Commercial Street From the Perspective of Vitality Enhancement
With the development of Internet technology and e-commerce and the aging of traditional commercial pedestrian streets,the business model of traditional pedestrian streets has been impacted.It is urgent to find out the factors that affect the spatial vitality of commercial pedestrian streets.Starting from the evaluation and im-provement of the vitality of commercial pedestrian streets,this paper selects South Street in Changzhou City as a research case and uses semantic analysis and structural equation modeling to explore the relationship between spa-tial vitality and pedestrian space.The results indicate that:①the overall spatial vitality level of South Street is low;②pedestrian space has a significant positive impact on the vitality of street space;③the five elements of ground paving,protective and barrier free facilities,environmental sanitation facilities,plant greening,and trans-portation accessibility have the greatest impact on the spatial vitality of South Street.Based on the above analysis results,optimization strategies for street space quality are proposed from four aspects:building interface,infra-structure,green landscape,and transportation accessibility.Thus,the vitality will be re-injected into the commer-cial space,making the South Street commercial pedestrian street towards a more vibrant and more healthy direc-tion.
commercial streetpedestrian spacevitalitySDstructural equation model