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AN EXPLORATIVE STUDY ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF RESTORATIVE STREETSCAPE ELEMENTS

2020; Volume: 8; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15302/j-laf-0-020005

ISSN

2095-5413

Autores

Yuting Yin, Yuhan Shao, Zhenying Xue, Kevin Thwaites, Kexin Zhang,

Resumo

The street is a type of important urban public space with multiple social values, one of which is the restorative potential. Based on the "beingaway," "extent," "fascination," and "compatibility" constructs of restorative environments proposed by the Attention Recovery Theory, this study elaborated the significance of restorativeness provided by street environments to people living in high-density cities. It used the traditional restorativeness scale with mobile eye trackers to explore the restorative experience provided by an urban street, and identified the specific streetscape elements related to restorativeness and the degree of their influences. The results show that "greenery," "people," and "cars" perform significant influences, and different streetscape elements have different degrees of influences on the 4 constructs of the restorative environment. For example, for the"being-away," "extent," and "fascination" constructs, the influence of "greenery" is the most important, while "people" plays the core role in "compatibility." The findings can help professionals develop targeted design strategies to improve diverse street environments for a better restorativeness.

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