A Study on the Usage of Sidewalks as a Retention Space and Elements Inducing Retention

The aim of this study was to clarify the relationship between four factors - pedestrian traffic volume, buildings along the road, zones on the footpath and seating devices - and stagnation space, and to determine how footpath space with a small spatial margin is used as stagnation space. The results of the analysis showed that even footpaths with high pedestrian traffic and low spatial margins have the potential to be used as retention spaces. The elements that encourage retention in such footpath spaces are 1) building frontages, 2) planting strips away from the roadside site and 3) seating devices.