Non-visual aspects of spatial knowledge: Wayfinding behavior of visually impaired people in complex urban environments için kapak resmi
Non-visual aspects of spatial knowledge: Wayfinding behavior of visually impaired people in complex urban environments
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Non-visual aspects of spatial knowledge: Wayfinding behavior of visually impaired people in complex urban environments
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Kan Kılıç, Didem, author.
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xiii, 258 leaves: color illustrarions, maps, plans;+ 1 computer laser optical disc.
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Everybody perceive space multi-dimensionally however blind people are more conscientious of the non-visual constituents of space. Although there is an extensive amount of research on mobility, perception, and way-finding of blind people, there has been fewer work to show which specific aspects of built environment they focus on and they use as cues in the way they relate to their urban environment. Therefore, this study focuses on the senses of blind individuals during their way-finding process in urban contexts. Two case studies in İzmir, Turkey and Lisbon, Portugal were conducted in large-scale urban contexts. The case study in İzmir highlights the holistic and multi-dimensional perception of space by asking 9 congenitally blind participants to mark those places that they find particularly important in Kemeralti and İzmir Fair Park by verbally describing the features in the environment they attend to. It was found that auditory information was the most used environmental cues and a feeling of enclosure is the most important environmental feature during way-finding. The second case study in Lisbon was conducted with 5 congenitally blind participants to understand the strategies of congenitally blind participants with a focus on whether sounds from the environment are of primary importance for blind individuals. The most important finding is that increased familiarity with the environment, the better way-finding strategies blind individuals have. This study highlights multi-dimensional sensory experience of urban environments and non-visual aspects of spatial perception. Keywords: Blind; Multi-dimensional perception; Senses; Way-finding; Urban context
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Thesis (Doctoral)--İzmir Institute of Technology:Architecture.

İzmir Institute of Technology:Architecture--Thesis (Doctoral).
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