The Center for Modern Chinese City Studies, Institute of Urban Development, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Nov 18;19(22):15258. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192215258.
Achieving legibility within the context of historical districts has become a controversial problem due to their widespread growth and unconventional constructions within, which has led to inconsistencies in the urban context system, and a decrease in the level of urban sociability. This paper aims to provide an empirical assessment towards facilitating the perception of spatial legibility and its association with human mobility patterns. To this end, a novel mix method was developed in order to comprehend the association between spatial legibility and human mobility patterns using Space Syntax, cognitive sketch maps, and time-lapse photography. The results revealed that there is a significant association between spatial legibility and human mobility patterns, such that the incorporation of objective and subjective factors affecting legibility, including highly integrated morphological characteristics along with the saliency of landmarks featuring historical values, can lead to increased human mobility patterns in terms of use frequency. Accordingly, this research aids urban planners and designers in recognizing how to deal with historical districts in order to foster the sociability of these areas and create a lively and socially sustainable urban environment.
由于历史街区的广泛发展和内部非常规建筑，使得其在城市环境系统中出现了不一致性，并降低了城市社交水平，在历史街区实现易读性已经成为一个有争议的问题。本文旨在提供一种实证评估方法，以促进对空间易读性及其与人类流动模式的关联的理解。为此，开发了一种新的混合方法，以便使用空间句法、认知草图地图和延时摄影来理解空间易读性和人类流动模式之间的关联。结果表明，空间易读性和人类流动模式之间存在显著关联，即纳入影响易读性的客观和主观因素，包括高度集成的形态特征以及具有历史价值的地标显著性，可以提高人类在使用频率方面的流动模式。因此，这项研究有助于城市规划者和设计师认识到如何处理历史街区，以促进这些地区的社交性，并创造一个充满活力和社会可持续的城市环境。
