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Geostatistical Analysis for the Study of Relationships between the Emotional Responses of Urban Walkers to Urban Spaces

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  • Ihab Hamzi Hijazi

    (An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine)

  • Reinhard Koenig

    (ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Sven Schneider

    (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany)

  • Xin Li

    (School of Urban Design, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China)

  • Martin Bielik

    (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany)

  • Gerhard Norbert Johannes Schmit

    (ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland)

  • Dirk Donath

    (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Weimar, Germany)

Abstract

The described study aims to find correlations between urban spatial configurations and human emotions. To this end, the authors measured people's emotions while they walk along a path in an urban area using an instrument that measures skin conductance and skin temperature. The corresponding locations of the test persons were measured recorded by using a GPS-tracker (n=13). The results are interpreted and categorized as measures for positive and negative emotional arousal. To evaluate the technical and methodological process. The test results offer initial evidence that certain spaces or spatial sequences do cause positive or negative emotional arousal while others are relatively neutral. To achieve the goal of the study, the outcome was used as a basis for the study of testing correlations between people's emotional responses and urban spatial configurations represented by Isovist properties of the urban form. By using their model the authors can explain negative emotional arousal for certain places, but they couldn't find a model to predict emotional responses for individual spatial configurations.

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  • Ihab Hamzi Hijazi & Reinhard Koenig & Sven Schneider & Xin Li & Martin Bielik & Gerhard Norbert Johannes Schmit & Dirk Donath, 2016. "Geostatistical Analysis for the Study of Relationships between the Emotional Responses of Urban Walkers to Urban Spaces," International Journal of E-Planning Research (IJEPR), IGI Global, vol. 5(1), pages 1-19, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jepr00:v:5:y:2016:i:1:p:1-19
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    1. Luyao Xiang & Georgios Papastefanou & Edward Ng, 2021. "Isovist indicators as a means to relieve pedestrian psycho-physiological stress in Hong Kong," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 48(4), pages 964-978, May.
    2. Yuanyuan Ma & Yunzi Yang & Hongzan Jiao, 2021. "Exploring the Impact of Urban Built Environment on Public Emotions Based on Social Media Data: A Case Study of Wuhan," Land, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-24, September.

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