Abstract
Objective: Perception could provide the first or the most fundamental layer for recognition and hence, studying it should be prior to any other layer like layers of cultural world and especially, the real world. One of the categories, in which cognition becomes important, is the urban landscape and its designation to improve perceptual perceptions of audiences to enhance items such as sense of belonging and recognition of space and orientation. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate physical factors affecting urban bodies and its impact on perception and behavior of citizens and considering the gap in this field. Method: The method used in this study is interpretive and in form of qualitative analysis of available references on urban landscape and perception of citizens. The data collected through library research. The procedure is based on classification and content analysis in this study. Results: Landscaping and city walls could lead to emergence of perceptions such as perception of attractiveness and emotions of space, perception of identity and sense of belonging, perception of useful information, perception of hidden order and reagent of life stream, living at the streets, explicit transfer of performance message and perception of urban diversity in citizens. Conclusion: The results obtained from this study could lead to recognizing the relationship between designation and environmental psychology in designing urban landscape and desirable perception of citizens about the environment and the interaction between designation strategies in designing the facade that could finally lead to promotion of quality of the environment and mental comfort and satisfaction of citizens.
Highlights
The issue of environment and human has always been one of the most important issues considered in environmental psychology and has been manifested in micro, macro and middle structures
Creating and improving the attachment of three points of aesthetic aspects such as color, form and element and regulations of urban management interference in designation and maintenance of building facades and the interaction of urban design thoughts, architecture, landscape architecture, urbanization, environmental psychology and public perception of proper attitude to building façade are important, which can lead to improvement of environmental quality and urban landscape and view from local to urban levels and special buildings (Eskandari, 2014)
Sensory perceptions don't supply themselves as an event at the world that the issue of causality could be applied on it
Summary
The issue of environment and human has always been one of the most important issues considered in environmental psychology and has been manifested in micro, macro and middle structures. Effects of environment on human and human perceptions could be explained as determinism, liberalism and environmental probabilism (Emamgholi et al, 2012: 34). Assessment of the function of all human senses in the quality of environmental landscape could lead to designations motivating these senses in human and as a result, more attractiveness of the environment in view of people (Dodange Ghareaghaji and Mohammadi, 2016). The surrounding environment of people is full of potential information (reality). The people organize some judgments based on their perceptions and make subjectivity from the environment based on the judgments. The subjectivities are fundamental factors in human behavior (Pakzad and Bozorg, 2012: 45) (quoted from Modiri, Noorollahi and Oskuyi, 2014: 78)
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