Liu H, Li B, Liu Q, Li Y, Zhao J, Wang X, Cui C, Zeng S. What Do Local People Really Need from a Place? Defining
Local Place Qualities with Assessment of Users' Perceptions.
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023;
20:1269. [PMID:
36674024 PMCID:
PMC9858950 DOI:
10.3390/ijerph20021269]
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Abstract
China is facing a serious urban regeneration issue in which replicable international-style locations are losing their socio-cultural adaptability, especially in anonymous residential neighbourhoods. This study defines the key location qualities from local literature and then refines these qualities through observation investigations and statistical analysis (n = 180) to establish links between theories and contemporary uses. Based on the results, a correlation analysis of local place qualities was assessed from users' perceptions (n = 180) to identify the interactional influences between each indicator of local place qualities. Finally, local place qualities were scored to address their level of impact on users' perceptions. The results highlighted health, enjoyment, and social dependence as the most concerning factors in site investigations based on local cognitions. They are strongly associated with key local place qualities (naturality, functionality, cosmological cognitions, and interdependent sociability), directly and indirectly resulting in different levels of impact on users' perceptions at different scales.
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