A New Perspective of Sustainable Perception: Research on the Smellscape of Urban Block Space

Ya-Juan Gao, Chiung-Ling Wang, Min-Ling Huang and Wei Guo
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Ya-Juan Gao: School of Fine Art and Design, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Chiung-Ling Wang: Department of Industrial Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
Min-Ling Huang: School of Fine Art and Design, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
Wei Guo: School of Arts, Jingdezhen Vocational University of Art, Jingdezhen 333403, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-17

Abstract: The smell of space is inseparable from the sustainable development of the living environment. The research on olfactory perception and smell landscape has a positive effect on landscape design and urban planning and contributes to the formation and design optimization of unique urban memory. This study combines urban smell tracking experiments with Internet social media data analysis to classify smells in the old city center of Guangzhou, China, and analyzes the study within the inner ring and six historic districts. Based on the research results, the smell map was drawn, and the reliability of the smell map was tested through social data and semantic analysis. The emotional score heat map of smell and emotion in six regions was constructed, highlighting the impact of smell in key neighborhoods on the environment. In the conclusion to the study, the thematic routes of green urban design are proposed: sightseeing routes, cultural routes, and food routes, as well as improvement strategies to promote the integration of smell and urban operation activities and the sustainable development of urban regional characteristics.

Keywords: smellscape; mapping; spatial analysis; sustainable; China; Guangzhou (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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