چکیده:
The image evaluation of environment is not just the result of impressions made by its external
attributes on the mind of the observer. It is, however, created by the imagination of the observer.
On one hand, the city is lodged by a wide variety of people whose evaluation of its images they
form in their mind is critical. The desirability of the urban environments for various social strata,
especially for women, depends on the relationship between human beings and the environment as
well as their priorities and preferences. The aim of this study is to achieve women's image of urban
environment and how to evaluate and identify priorities to select the desired location due to
differences in values, emotions, experiences and inferential meanings of public space in Tehran.
The research method is based on techniques developed by Jack L. Nasar in his research on the
Evaluative image of the city (1990) at the first step. Then, a phenomenological hermeneutic
approach oriented to describe the connotations and emotions image representation of women in the
experience of urban spaces desirable / undesirable and nature of development of the city of Tehran.
For this purpose, 15 women in-depth interviews were targeted for sampling. Recent interviews
description of what the five locations stated desirable and undesirable fifth place. Interviews were
recorded and the data obtained from it written in the form of tables were analyzed. The results
indicate that the optimal site selection of the women’s evaluative image, with a focus on likability,
the common meanings associated with the concepts of freedom, justice, respect of (dignity)
Location, beauty, with socio-cultural prestige and class, stylish and full of detail being quiet and
cozy, with privacy and space while having the breadth of the definition, being more likely to have a
happy mood and health.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The aim of this study is to achieve women's image of urban environment and how to evaluate and identify priorities to select the desired location due to differences in values, emotions, experiences and inferential meanings of public space in Tehran.
The results indicate that the optimal site selection of the women’s evaluative image, with a focus on likability, the common meanings associated with the concepts of freedom, justice, respect of (dignity) Location, beauty, with socio-cultural prestige and class, stylish and full of detail being quiet and cozy, with privacy and space while having the breadth of the definition, being more likely to have a happy mood and health.
g. Moller & Serbin, 1996; Maccoby & Jacklin, 1974; Archer, 1996; Bussey & Bandura, 1999; Eisler et al.
In this study, try to find the factors affecting the recognition of pleasantness attributes in urban space in women’s view inducing what attracts the women’s attention in the environments, how they are memorized, their image and their evaluation of the percepted space and what are the environmental preferences in selecting a desirable location.
They can use their inferences about the context to express their preferences about the validity, social status, or level (Cherulnik & Wilderman, 1986; Duncan 1973; Nasar, 1989) character or identity (Rapoport, 1993), neighborhood intimacy, proportion to an area and lifeable (Nasar & Kang, 1989), its security (Nasar & Jones, 1997), privacy, territory and potential for robbery and crimeability (Brown & Altman 1983; Newman, 1972).
Women's Evaluative Mental Image (Likeability) about Urban Spaces in Tehran The data gathered in the interviews are organized in some tables about desirable/undesirable places, the feelings created in the context and their grounds and reasons.