TY - JOUR

T1 - How Do Spatial Forms Influence Psychophysical Drivers in a Campus City Community Life Circle?

AU - Li, Shi Ying

AU - Chen, Zhu

AU - Guo, Lian Huan

AU - Hu, Fangbing

AU - Huang, Yi Jun

AU - Wu, Dan Cheng

AU - Wu, Zhigang

AU - Hong, Xin Chen

N1 - Funding Information: The authors appreciate the valuable comments of editors and anonymous reviewers. This project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 52208052), the Program of Humanities and Social Science Research of the Ministry of Education of China (grant no. 21YJCZH038) and the Fujian Natural Science Foundation, China (grant no. 2021J01639, 2023J05108).

PY - 2023/6/24

Y1 - 2023/6/24

N2 - The physical environment of urban public facilities is an important driver for public health and work efficiency. Unfortunately, citizens are exposed to negative physical environments because of inappropriate spatial forms in urban growth boundaries. This study aims to explore psychophysical drivers and their spatial distribution in campus city community life circles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questionnaires and measuring equipment were used to gather psychophysical information in a 15 min campus city community life circle in Fuzhou, China. To this end, acoustic, light and thermal environments were used to map spatial distributions. We then explored relationships between spatial form and psychophysical parameters. The study results show that the distance to road (DTR), green area ratio (GR) and street width (SW) are all potential spatial drivers for psychophysical information. Furthermore, the acoustical, light and thermal environments provide interactions for the public understanding of the environment. These findings contribute to the understanding and evaluation of psychophysical drivers, spurring regional industry in community life circles and contributing to developing suitable plans and industrial distribution in urban areas.

AB - The physical environment of urban public facilities is an important driver for public health and work efficiency. Unfortunately, citizens are exposed to negative physical environments because of inappropriate spatial forms in urban growth boundaries. This study aims to explore psychophysical drivers and their spatial distribution in campus city community life circles during the COVID-19 pandemic. Questionnaires and measuring equipment were used to gather psychophysical information in a 15 min campus city community life circle in Fuzhou, China. To this end, acoustic, light and thermal environments were used to map spatial distributions. We then explored relationships between spatial form and psychophysical parameters. The study results show that the distance to road (DTR), green area ratio (GR) and street width (SW) are all potential spatial drivers for psychophysical information. Furthermore, the acoustical, light and thermal environments provide interactions for the public understanding of the environment. These findings contribute to the understanding and evaluation of psychophysical drivers, spurring regional industry in community life circles and contributing to developing suitable plans and industrial distribution in urban areas.

KW - community life circles

KW - equal time circle

KW - physical environment

KW - urban public facilities

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85164956434&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.3390/su151310014

DO - 10.3390/su151310014

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85164956434

VL - 15

JO - Sustainability (Switzerland)

JF - Sustainability (Switzerland)

SN - 2071-1050

IS - 13

M1 - 10014

ER -