Evaluation of mental image of topological representation method with emphasis on urban identity (Case study: the central area of Kashan city)

Rasmi, Sahar; Majedi, Hamid; Zarabadi, Zahra Sadat Saeideh

doi:10.22034/jumes.2023.2001000.1138

Evaluation of mental image of topological representation method with emphasis on urban identity (Case study: the central area of Kashan city)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Sahar Rasmi ¹

Hamid Majedi ²

Zahra Sadat Saeideh Zarabadi ³

¹ Department of urban Development , Science and Research branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran, Iran.

² Department of Urban Planning, Faculty of Civil, Art and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

³ Department of Urban Development, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22034/jumes.2023.2001000.1138

Abstract

Mental images and cognitive maps are considered a means of achieving the internal
representation of the environment, which has experienced a variety of methods and
methods of extraction in the past few decades. It is this variety that makes the comparative
examination of mental-cognitive image extraction methods and their comprehensive
knowledge, especially their strengths and weaknesses, The main purpose of the research
is to explain the influential components of urban identity in the concept of a mental
image about its topological representation, which has raised questions such as the
validity and mechanism of the influence of topological mental images. It is interpretivehistorical
research carried out through a case study. The required data are collected using
library study and observations. In the present study. The method of data collection is
a literature review, as well as field collection using environmental impressions, as
well as the use of interviews, and questionnaires. According to the framework of the
research, the central block of region 1 of Kashan city was selected based on the use of
the evaluative mental image method, cognitive map extraction, and based on the triple
topological representation extracted from the proposed model, in the form of a Likert
scale of valuation and score. Finally, the selected block with a score of 2.31 in the course
of typology has more dominance as a performance-oriented species. In future research,
in addition to the development of the method, morphological science with a palmistic
approach to urban tissues can also be used.

Keywords

Cognitive map

development

Kashan

mental image

topological representation

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