International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 8, Issue 6, June-2017 1066
ISSN 2229-5518
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Visual Presentation of Sensitivity of Streetscape
in the Heart of Sabzevar City, Iran
Mehdi Fallahi Panah
1
, Dr. B. Shankar
2
Abstract---People perceive an image and identity of the place within the amalgamation of built structures and layout based on the nature
and character of activities, available materials, shape and function in the city. City image is important since the ability of recognizing objects
within the environment is critical to human abilities to act and function. Thus, the ability of a city is somehow depends on its ability to be
easily found and identified. Sense is one of the dimensions of determining the performance of city introduced by Kevin Lynch. Sense is
how the citizens recognize the physical city. This paper tackles the dimension in detail and attempts to find out the user’s perceptions and
the degree of fit between the Sabzevar CBD streets and the way people recognizing it as well as the sensitivity in the cognitive urban
image.
Keywords: Sensitivity of Space, Space Character, Mental Image, Streetscape, Urban Image
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1Mehdi Fallahi Panah, Research Scholar in Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, University of Mysore, Mysore, email:
mehdi.5380@gmail.com.
2 Dr. B. Shankar, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Planning and Architecture, University of Mysore, Mysore, email:
doddi43@gmail.com.
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