The formation of behavior in the traversable territories of collective spaces (Case example: Zanjan pedestrian area)

The qualitative method used in the current research is behavioral observation method, a new approach in environmental design and analysis of public realms and a method to understand the interrelationship between people and space. The main goal of this research is to evaluate and analyze the activity and behavioral patterns of Zanjan city sidewalks using the behavioral observation method, or in other words, the conditions that spatial variations cause the formation of specific behavioral patterns in public areas. In this regard, it is proposed to receive the main components in the environment in improving the body and then the behavior in the collective territories of Zanjan city. The main question of the current research is what behavior patterns are ruling the space in the studied area according to diversity and to what extent environmental factors have been able to provide the satisfaction of the users of the space? For this purpose, the application of this method in the example of Zanjan pedestrian street, which was the starting point of the main historical-commercial axes of the city, and which is currently degraded and transformed due to some reasons, is analyzed. The current research is of an applied type and is carried out using a survey method, and during it, the analysis of the environment and the behavioral patterns of the users are observed and the physical components are examined and analyzed.