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Research Article

A Study on Indoor Wayfinding Factors - Proposing a Framework for Wayfinding Factors in Emergency Situations -

실내 환경의 길찾기 요인에 관한 연구 - 비상 상황에서의 길찾기 요인 프레임워크 제안 -

Chia Yi Chou1
,
Ji Young Cho2
주 가의1
,
조 지영2
1정회원(주저자), 경희대학교 주거환경학과 고령서비스-테크 융합전공. 석사과정
2정회원(교신저자), 경희대학교 주거환경학과 고령서비스-테크 융합전공. 교수
Corresponding AuthorDepartment of Housing & Interior Design, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea. E-mail: jcho@hku.ac.kr
25 December 2023. pp. 067-080
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Abstract

Wayfinding plays an important role in healthy and efficient use of indoor environments. An environment that is not suitable for wayfinding brings negative impact to human health and wellbeing. During emergency evacuation, there are unpredictable variables in wayfinding. Thus, there is a need for comprehensive review of wayfinding factors in both normal situations and emergency situation to understand the accurate wayfinding process. This study aims to identify wayfinding factors in normal and emergency situation through a synthesis review of existing empirical studies. This research reviewed 30 empirical articles on wayfinding in domestic and international journals and divided them into normal situations and emergency situations, and analyzed them in terms of two wayfinding factors: environmental factors and user factors, modified from Jamshidi & Pati’s (2020) indoor environmental factors. The research results show that (1) signs was the most important environmental factors in wayfinding, (2) emergency situations mostly focus on user factors, (3) signs and navigation patterns were found to be the most important factors in normal situations and emergency evacuations, respectively. Finally, a framework of wayfinding factors for emergency situations was proposed.

Keywords
Wayfinding
Indoor Environment
Spatial Cognition
Emergency
키워드
길찾기
실내 환경
공간인지
비상
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  • Publisher :The Korean Housing Association
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국주거학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Korean Housing Association
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국주거학회논문집
  • Volume : 34
  • No :6
  • Pages :067-080
  • Received Date : 2023-10-26
  • Revised Date : 2023-11-20
  • Accepted Date : 2023-11-20
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.6107/JKHA.2023.34.6.067
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