Handbook of Research on Perception-Driven Approaches to Urban Assessment and Design
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Birmingham City University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32Z_OP_B1004
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- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- IGI Global
- ISBN
- 9781522536376
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
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- Year of publication
- 2018
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Additional information
- This research presents an interdisciplinary exploration of perception in urban assessment and design. The researchers examined the concept of ‘perception’ in existing theories and practice in order to address ongoing debates about the ‘felt’ quality of space. The aim of the research was to firstly update methodological theories used for data collection, and secondly to analyse individual responses about the experience of urban environments. This was done in order to clarify the concept of ‘perception’ in both tangible and intangible ways.
The research was presented through the development and conceptualisation of an edited volume, in which the introduction by the researchers proposed a long-term research agenda for the field, establishing a common understanding about how perception should drive urban assessment and design. The researchers curated the range of contributions to this volume, in order to explore how to assess, characterise and design the quality of urban environments using a perceptual approach. This process expanded existing debates to include psychophysical, aesthetic and cultural perspectives, in order to consider both the objectivity of the physical space and the subjectivity of the perceiver.
This edited, double blinded peer-reviewed volume features twenty-three multi-disciplinary contributions from internationally respected academic authors, from the fields of urban planning and design, environmental psychology, health and wellbeing, performance research and public art. The volume is listed as the publisher’s key publication in urban and environmental studies. It is also listed in the bibliography of International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) ‘soundscape standard Part 2 and Part 3’ guidance documentation. Based on their work for this volume, the editors were also invited to write a highly cited paper for <Challenges>—an open access journal by MDPI—on the current priorities and changes for urban soundscape research.
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