A RESEARCH ON URBAN RECREATIONISTS'' TRAVELING BEHAVIORS IN SHANGHAI

I.IntroductionInurbanarea,recreationistscanalsoberoprdedasusersoftherecreationalfacilities,includingparks,shoppingceners,scenicspots,culturalfacilities,enteItairunen,foodanddrinksites,andotherpublicorpnvateleisurefacilities.UrbanrecreationistsmaybedividedlntotWogrouPslocalresidentsandtouristsfrol11otherprovinces,bothusingfacilitiesmedonedabovetodifferentdopees.BehavioralstudyisaspecialstatisticalanalysisthatisbasedonalargeamoUnofdatafromtravelmeasurementandusers'questi0nnairesurvcy.Therecrea…

A RESEARCH ON URBAN RECREATIONISTS'' TRAVELING BEHAVIORS IN SHANGHAI

Urban recreationists consist of those who have used urban recreational facilities, no matter they are local residents or nonlocals. Traveling models will exert impacts not only on the use of urban recreational facilities but also on the development and management of recreational resources. Taking Shanghai as a sample of destinaton and origin of urban recreationists, the author did his study based on data from comprehensive travel measurement and users' survey, including field questionnaire survey, mailing questionnaire survey, home survey, and cordon monitonng. To analyze traveing models of urban recreationists in Shanghai, the author used techniques of Recreational Activity Space (RAS) and the Use Curve (UC) Analysis. Rogarding Shanghai as an origin, the author first discussed types and characteristics of the RASs which are presented by isotourist lines in the proper and outskirts of Shanghai, the Yangtze Delta and the mainland China respectively. These RASs reflect the trave directional bias of Shanghainese. Then the author regarded Shanghai as a deshnahon and analyzed the RASs of tounsts from Otier provinces, which demonstrated the attractiveness of and distance decay of Shanghai. He found that a U-shaped UC model existed in the distance decay under the influence of attractiveness and distance. Finally, the author suggested, that the availability, periodicity and attractiveness, besides distance, are the basic mechanisms that affect the urban recreationists' traveling models in a city such as Shanghai.