Using virtual reality environments to unveil the imageability of the city in homogenous and heterogeneous environments

Yossi Shushan; Juval Portugali; Efrat Blumenfeld-Lieberthal

doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.02.008

Using virtual reality environments to unveil the imageability of the city in homogenous and heterogeneous environments

Yossi Shushan
, Juval Portugali
, Efrat Blumenfeld-Lieberthal

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

The presented work explores the way the information conveyed by the morphology of urban artifacts affects the way we perceive the built environment. The above exploration is implemented by means of Virtual Reality Environments we have specifically developed for this purpose. We compare heterogeneous environments characterized by a heavy tailed distribution with homogeneous environments that are characterized by normal distribution and show that the former provide higher level of information and thus better imageability than the latter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	29-38
Number of pages	10
Journal	Computers, Environment and Urban Systems
Volume	58
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.02.008
State	Published - 1 Jul 2016

Keywords

Heavy tailed distributions
Imageability
Shannonian information
Virtual environments

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Ecological Modelling
General Environmental Science
Urban Studies

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