Evaluating the legibility of urban parks based on neuroscience and the FVFL model

Purpose>The purpose of the study is to quantitatively evaluate the role of landscape values and factors in urban parks experimentally based on neuroscience.Design/methodology/approach>In the first step, ten major parks were selected out of 59 regional and trans-regional parks in Tehran for fie...

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Published in:ArchNet-IJAR 2022-06, Vol.16 (2), p.245-259
Main Authors: Gholami, Yasaman, Seyed Hassan Taghvaei, Norouzian-Maleki, Saeid, Rouhollah Mansouri Sepehr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Cognitive maps
Cognitive models
Correlation coefficients
Fixation
Laboratories
Laboratory equipment
Landscape architecture
Legibility
Methods
Neurosciences
Parks
Parks & recreation areas
Permeability
Urban areas
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Summary:Purpose>The purpose of the study is to quantitatively evaluate the role of landscape values and factors in urban parks experimentally based on neuroscience.Design/methodology/approach>In the first step, ten major parks were selected out of 59 regional and trans-regional parks in Tehran for field study analysis. Next, considering the diversity and abundance of landscape elements in the selected parks, Mellat Park was chosen for the case study.Findings>The fixation duration of the factors has an average correlation coefficient of 0.5865, −0.5035 and −0.5125 for the overall sketch map, quality and accuracy, respectively. The results indicated that the “quality of people's cognitive maps” has a direct relation to fixation duration on “human-made factors” and an inverse relation to fixation duration on “natural factors” and “human activities and behavioral factors” in the park.Practical implications>The results can pave the way for further research in the interdisciplinary fields of landscape architecture and neuroscience.Originality/value>Legibility is a superior quality of urban spaces that profoundly affect how people perceive and behave.
ISSN:1938-7806
DOI:10.1108/ARCH-05-2021-0149