What Do Local People Really Need from a Place? Defining Local Place Qualities with Assessment of Users’ Perceptions

Huiming Liu, Bin Li, Qing Liu (), Yifan Li, Jing Zhao, Xuechun Wang, Chaoyi Cui and Shaoting Zeng
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Huiming Liu: Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China
Bin Li: Faculty of Innovative Design, City University of Macau, Macau 999078, China
Qing Liu: Laboratory for Urban Future, Peking University (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China
Yifan Li: Peking University Planning and Design Institute, Beijing 100087, China
Jing Zhao: College of Art and Design, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100021, China
Xuechun Wang: School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia
Chaoyi Cui: Faculty of Humanities and Arts, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau 999078, China
Shaoting Zeng: College of Art and Design, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100021, China

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 2, 1-27

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.

Keywords: local place qualities; users’ perceptions; behavioural needs; using experiences; local cognitions; public space design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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