Abstract
Better training of spatial skills of green infrastructure managers will contribute to better planning practices in this field. The professionals using geo-spatial technologies in sustainable city planning require, in their curriculum, specific training focused towards the acquisition of spatial skills. Using maps and geo-spatial technologies, spatial orientation skill is needed. In this research, a workshop based on a green infrastructure has been carried out. A specific teaching strategy for the improvement of spatial orientation skill has been performed. In the workshop, 3D technologies of graphic representation of an urban environment were used such as Cad Mapper, Sketch Up Make 2017 and Google Street View. Thirty-two students (22 treatment group, 10 control group) of agronomic engineering participated. The impact on spatial orientation skill was measured with the Perspective Taking-Spatial Orientation test, through pre- and post-tests. No gender differences were found. The Treatment Group obtained a significant increase of 19.27% in their spatial orientation skill. Participants of the Control group did not significantly increase their spatial orientation skill (3.21%). Specific teaching strategies such as those performed in this research can be effective for the training and development of spatial orientation skill, needed for geospatial planning in the field of Green Infrastructures.
Highlights
In the 21st century, the human being must be fully aware of the impact of his actions on the environment
The multivariate effect of Age is significant (F1,27 = 8.95, p = 0.006, η2 = 0.249), acting as a covariate; that is, Pre- and Post-scores could be explained partially by Age. The model neutralizes this effect and we obtained a significant interaction between Pre-Post and Group (F1,27 = 6.76, p = 0.015, η2 = 0.200). This is the difference between Pre- and Post-scores depends on the Group: for the control Group the difference is not significant (p = 0.538) but the treatment Group has a significant improvement of their performance in Perspective Taking Spatial Orientation Test (PTSOT) (p < 0.001)
For the project and design of green infrastructures, urban engineers, architects and planners make use of both 2D and 3D maps, as well as applications and tools to represent the topography of the environment in which the spatial orientation skill is needed
Summary
In the 21st century, the human being must be fully aware of the impact of his actions on the environment. In the field of geo-spatial analysis in sustainable city planning, different disciplines such as Geography, Engineering and Architecture, among others, make decisions around maps, plans and geo-spatial information. Other authors define it as the ability to imagine what a scene will look like from different perspectives [5] or the ability to perceive visual stimuli from multiple spatial perspectives [6]. These visual stimuli, in city environments, can be singular points (landmarks), which help us to orient ourselves
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