Designing urban space for psychological comfort: the Kentish Town Road project

Dillon, Ruth

doi:10.1108/17465729200500027

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“…Perceived safety and comfort is a crucial aspect in the daily lives as it acts as a prerequisite for a quality lifestyle [ 3 ]. Scholars have proven that this fear of crime can be a result of a physical, economic, sociological, environmental or psychological factor [ 4 ]. This awkward and ominous feeling that crime or incivility yet to happen in the future might create no-go areas [ 5 ].…”

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The impact of visual complexity on perceived safety and comfort of the users: A study on urban streetscape of Sri Lanka

2022

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Increase in the variety of development in urban context has made it more complicated and complex for the users of public spaces. Absence of sufficient information to read the surrounding causes psychological anxiousness leading to perceived danger or discomfort for the urbanites. Consequently, perceived safety and comfort of the users is distinctively low in urban contexts, creating neglected and underused spaces. Complexity is one of the information processing variables as per Kaplan and Kaplan’s informational model which helps users to comprehend the surrounding environment. The streetscape plays a vital role in the daily movement patterns within the urban cities and is the transition boundary between the public and private realms. Visual complexity of these streets is a result of different configurations of elements within the urban areas. This research is conducted to ascertain the relationship between visual complexity levels of the streets with the perceived safety and comfort of the users. Shannon Diversity Index (SDI) and Fractal dimension analysis were conducted with 48 SVIs (Street View Images) selected within 1km radius of Colpetty junction, Colombo Sri Lanka covering all the possible compositions found within the context. The visual index data extraction had identified ten major components within the selected 48 SVIs. 78 subjective ranking responses for perceived safety, comfort (preference) and perceived complexity were collected from snowball sampling. Findings of the study revealed that perceived safety levels and preference scores for the SVIs are related to the Shannon Diversity Index calculation in an inverted ‘U’ shape where the highest and lowest SDI values are related with low preference scores and low safety levels. The SVIs with medium SDI values are perceived as the safest and most preferred by the users of urban streets of Colombo Sri Lanka. The SDI and fractal dimension values were significantly correlated with the perceived complexity scores of the users. The results of this study can be accommodated in the planning and designing of urban streetscapes of tropical climates for sustainable and friendly urban expansions.

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The impact of visual complexity on perceived safety and comfort of the users: A study on urban streetscape of Sri Lanka

2022

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“…This feeling of riskscan rarely bethe cause of clinical neurological origins, but mostly due to a known trigger from the surrounding environment. This negative feeling while inhabiting public spaces can be a result of unfamiliar surroundings, threats from surrounding elements or a past crime involved with the space (Dillon, 2005). Direct victimization of a prior crime is the most obvious reason for this social anxiety of an individual.…”

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Evaluating Perceived Safety and Comfort in Urban Civic Spaces

Kawshalya

Weerasinghe²,

Chandrasekara³

2022

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The urban public spaces play a vital role in the enhancement of quality of life of the urbanites. Recent studies explicitly demonstrate the fact that these limited spaces in the urban context directly impact on the physical, social, and psychological health of its users. But some of these spaces are often underused or neglected as a result of perceived danger and risk implicit by the arrangement of elements. This is common in many designed urban public spaces. This study focuses on three types of urban civic spaces as squares, plazas and forecourts which are vital on sustainable development of urban communities.Accordingly, this research intends to develop a framework to assess perceived safety and comfort in urban civic spaces. The process (literature) identified seven main attributes namely visual qualities, spatial configuration, pleasurability, inclusiveness, convenience, activities, and imageability. The 54 sub-attributes ascertained under the main attributes were scored through observations and direct user ratings. Expert weightages and significance scores obtained through the process finalizes an equation to calculate the final perceived safety and comfort levels of the urban civic spaces. Validation of this framework in the context of Sri Lanka depicted that Arcade Independence Square (Square) is more psychologically safer and comfortable for the users, followed by Echelon square (plaza)and Fort station forecourt (forecourt). The final scores produced by the developed framework reflects the current condition of the civic space elaborating the demands for improvements. The proper use of this framework will result in convivial, safer, comfortable, and user-friendly urban civic spaces.

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“…analizavo emocinių ir biometrinių būsenų įtaką emocinei užstatytos aplinkos turto vertei. Labai svarbu suprasti neigiamas emocines reakcijas užstatytoje aplinkoje, nes pastangos sumažinti nerimo patirtį viešosiose erdvėse tampa vis aktualesnės visuomenėse, kuriose nerimas laikomas šiuolaikinio gyvenimo mieste simptomu (Dillon, 2005). Lederbogenas et al (2011) susiejo miesto aplinką su stresu.…”

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“…Bendrai paėmus trūksta supratimo, kaip viešosios erdvės gali būti suprojektuotos, kad jos sumažintų nerimą ir padidintų jų vartotojų psichologinio komforto jausmą (Dillon, 2005). Anot Dillon (2005), psichologinis komfortas miesto erdvėse yra susijęs su tuo, kaip viešosios erdvės dizainas veikia psichologinės įtraukties ar atskirties lygį. Komfortas gali būti laikomas pusiausvyra tarp atsipalaidavimo ir stimuliacijos.…”

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“…analysed the impact of emotional and biometric states on the emotionally perceived value of a real estate in the built environment. The study of negative emotional reactions in the built environment is crucial, as efforts to reduce anxiety in public spaces are becoming increasingly relevant for societies where anxiety is seen as a symptom of modern urban life (Dillon, 2005). Lederbogen et al (2011) linked the urban environment to stress.…”

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Užstatytos aplinkos daugiakriterės neuroanalizės metodo ir intelektinės sprendimų paramos sistemos kūrimas

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Vadovasprof. habil. dr. Artūras KAKLAUSKAS (Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas, statybos inžinerija -T 002). Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto Statybos inžinerijos mokslo krypties disertacijos gynimo taryba: Pirmininkas prof. dr. Jurgita ANTUCHEVIČIENĖ (Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas, statybos inžinerija -T 002). Nariai: prof. dr. Egidijus KAZANAVIČIUS (Kauno technologijos universitetas, informatikos inžinerija -T 007), prof. habil. dr. Edyta Anna PLEBANKIEWICZ (Krokuvos technologijos universitetas, Lenkija, statybos inžinerija -T 002), doc. dr. Jonas ŠAPARAUSKAS (Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas, statybos inžinerija -T 002), prof. habil. dr. Leonas USTINOVIČIUS (Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas, statybos inžinerija -T 002). Disertacija bus ginama viešame Statybos inžinerijos mokslo krypties disertacijos gynimo tarybos posėdyje 2022 m. rugpjūčio 30 d. 10 val. Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universiteto Senato posėdžių salėje.

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Designing urban space for psychological comfort: the Kentish Town Road project

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

The impact of visual complexity on perceived safety and comfort of the users: A study on urban streetscape of Sri Lanka

The impact of visual complexity on perceived safety and comfort of the users: A study on urban streetscape of Sri Lanka

Evaluating Perceived Safety and Comfort in Urban Civic Spaces

Užstatytos aplinkos daugiakriterės neuroanalizės metodo ir intelektinės sprendimų paramos sistemos kūrimas

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