Cognitive Structure of Child about Urban Environment through the Analysis of Hand Drawn Maps

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24600007
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 子ども学(子ども環境学)
• Research Institution: University of Fukui
• Principal Investigator: AWAHARA Tomoko 福井大学, 学術研究院教育・人文社会系部門(総合グローバル), 講師 (80608753)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 熊澤 栄二 石川工業高等専門学校, その他部局等, 教授 (30321425)
• Research Collaborator: OHNISHI Koji
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 子ども / 小学生 / 遊び / イメージマップ / 地方都市 / 認知 / 生活環境 / 空間

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The paper aims to clarify the Cognitive Structure of Child about Urban Environment through the Analysis of Hand Drawn Maps, and comparing the city's playing environment with cities and making use of it for children's friendly community planning and regional planning.
The conclusions are as follows.1)The tendency of play depends on the characteristics of the area, and was remarkable especially at the selection of the play area.2)Using the image map quantification analysis method AMQIM (Analysis Method to Quantify Image Map) and the quantification process as QIM (Quantify Image Map), the child's urban environmental cognitive structure was clarified, and as a result, there were differences depending on geographical conditions .

Free Research Field

子ども学（こども環境学）