Handbook of Research on Perception-Driven Approaches to Urban Assessment and Design (Advances in Civil and Industrial Engineering)

The creation of metropolitan areas is influenced by a wide array of factors, both practical and ecological. They can also be influenced by immaterial characteristics of a given area. The Handbook of Research on Perception-Driven Approaches to Urban Assessment and Design is a scholarly resource that assesses metropolitan development and its relation to the ecological and sustainability issues these areas face. Featuring coverage on a wide range of topics such as user-centered urban planning, perception of urban landscapes, and thermal comfort in urban contexts, this publication is geared toward professionals, practitioners, researchers, and students seeking relevant research on the effective planning of metropolitan areas and their relation to the ecological and sustainability issues that face such areas. Title Page Copyright Page Book Series Editorial Advisory Board List of Contributors Table of Contents Detailed Table of Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgment Section 1: Soundscapes Chapter 1: Urban Sound Planning Chapter 2: On the Intersection Between Speaker Installations and Urban Environments Chapter 3: Assessments of Urban Soundscapes Chapter 4: Non-Participant Observation Methods for Soundscape Design and Urban Planning Chapter 5: Activity as a Mediator Between Users and Their Auditory Environment in an Urban Pocket Park Chapter 6: Influence of Soundscapes on Perception of Safety and Social Presence in an Open Public Space Chapter 7: Identification, Prioritization, and Assessment of Urban Quiet Areas Section 2: Thermal and Smell Aspects Chapter 8: The Doors of Dynamic Thermal Perception Chapter 9: Thermal-Perception-Driven Adaptive Design for Wellbeing in Outdoor Public Spaces Chapter 10: Smell, Smellscape, and Place-Making Section 3: Arts and Performance for Perception Chapter 11: Sensitive Bodies in the Cityscape Chapter 12: Changing Perception Through Performance Art Section 4: Technology for Perception Chapter 13: Visualisation and Auralisation for Perception-Driven Decision Supports in Planning Chapter 14: Towards a Virtual Soundwalk Chapter 15: Investigations on the Influence of Auditory Perception on Urban Space Design Through Virtual Acoustics Chapter 16: Eye-Tracking in the Real World Chapter 17: Graphical Research Tools for Acoustic Design Training Section 5: Urban Design for Perception and Social Interactions: Theories and Practice Chapter 18: The City as a Mode of Perception Chapter 19: Attention Perception and Social Cognition Chapter 20: Walking as Kinaesthetic Experience of the City Chapter 21: Healing Space in High-Density Urban Contexts Chapter 22: Indicators of Environmental Comfort Sensitive to Human Perception Chapter 23: Reactivating Urban Voids Through Sensory and Pop-Up Design Compilation of References About the Contributors Index "This book explores how to assess, characterize and design urban spaces using perceptual approaches. It gathered theory and case studies on methods for data collection and analysis of individual responses about the experience of urban environments and how knowledge can inform the planning and design of public spaces to enhance people's experience of the urban realm"-- Provided by publisher