| Title |
A Study on the Causes of Child Loss through Behavioral Analysis ofCustomers Accompanied with Children in Urban Entertainment Centers |
| Authors |
Choi, Jaepil ; Choi, Soyoung ; Yoo, Saewon ; Han, Gyu Bin |
| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5659/JAIK_PD.2020.36.1.49 |
| Keywords |
Cause of Lost Child; Analysis of User Behavior; Behavior Mapping; Behavior of Commercial Facility; Urban Entertainment Center |
| Abstract |
Although the number of child loss in commercial facilities has been growing recently, the prevention method for child loss are still lacking
in the environmental aspect. This research examines the causes of lost child in behavioral aspects in order to develop a guideline to prevent
child loss in U.E.C. The observational study on the behaviors of guardians and children was conducted in the U.E.C that is visited by
many customers accompanied with children. Then the results of the observational study were marked on the behavioral maps. After analyzing
the behavioral maps, the causes of child loss were determined by classifying into behaviors by age and behaviors by functional space. As a
result, when guardian is unable to pay attention to child by doing something else such as making a purchase, or an inquiry, child may lose
guardian by going towards the interesting factors or playing around. Moreover, if the spaces related to children are located at the node with
high pedestrian density and open structure or the environment that is hard for the guardians to watch over their children, it will be easy for
guardians to be inattentive to their children, and get separated from each other. |