A Framework for Understanding Sense of Place in an Urban Design Context
dc.contributor.author | Hu, Ming | |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Roger | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-20T21:41:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-11-20T21:41:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-04-13 | |
dc.description.abstract | Creating a sense of place and community is a guiding principle in designing livable and high-quality built environments. This paper presents a framework for understanding the relationship between design and people’s perceptions about a place, within an urban design context. While a large volume of literature on sense of place (SOP) already exists, the proposed framework and its application in the design field present a unique opportunity to add new knowledge to this interdisciplinary topic. This research will investigate the empirical relationship between architecture/urban design and people’s perceptions about a place and their contributions to SOP. Urban designers and architects play important and determining roles in defining the physical qualities and the characteristics of a place. However, it has always been challenging to quantify the relationship between a physical environment and a person’s emotional experience. Three urban sites were analyzed to illustrate this framework, and four physical characteristics and four perceptual qualities were cross-investigated and analyzed. This proposed framework will help architects and urban designers to gain a better understanding of SOP and placemaking techniques, eventually helping to improve urban design quality. | |
dc.description.uri | https://doi.org/10.3390/urbansci2020034 | |
dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13016/dspace/1cz8-9qi2 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hu, M.; Chen, R. A Framework for Understanding Sense of Place in an Urban Design Context. Urban Sci. 2018, 2, 34. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/31473 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | MDPI | |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation | en_us |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Architecture | en_us |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_us |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | University of Maryland (College Park, MD) | en_us |
dc.subject | sense of place | |
dc.subject | physical environment | |
dc.subject | perceptual quality | |
dc.subject | placemaking | |
dc.subject | urban design | |
dc.title | A Framework for Understanding Sense of Place in an Urban Design Context | |
dc.type | Article | |
local.equitableAccessSubmission | No |