Urban public open space in the mental image of users: the elements connecting urban public open spaces in a spatial network

Matej Nikšič and Georgia Butina Watson

Journal of Urban Design, 2018, vol. 23, issue 6, 859-882

Abstract: This paper discusses how the structure of urban public open space is created and interpreted in the mental image of its users in the case of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It reveals how spatially continuous urban open space is physically interconnected into the overall spatial structure of the city and how it is defined by a variety of the built form components. The question is how such space is present in the mental image of users and whether and how such space is structured into sub-units by its users. The paper aims to establish what its dimensions are, how it is divided into separate units at a mental level, and what the perceived hierarchical relations between such units are, in terms of spatial, functional and intangible characteristics of space that conditions this perception. It is argued that both the overall spatial structure of the city and its constituent components play an important role in how users conceptualize urban open public space.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2017.1377066

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