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Application of machine learning and genetic algorithms in environmental performance assessment and optimization of traditional Huizhou houses in China 机器学习与遗传算法在中国传统徽州房屋环境绩效评价与优化中的应用

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Pub Date : 2025-03-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.02.002

Zhixin Xu , Xiangfeng Li , Chenhao Duan , Xiaoming Li , Nan Jiang , Xijia Sun , Fan Xie

China's rapid urbanization presents significant challenges for rural construction and resource management, often prioritizing economic gains over climate adaptability and energy efficiency. This study focuses on traditional Huizhou houses, integrating energy consumption and comfort analysis into the early design stages. Initial simulations using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) established a baseline model for comparison. Through the Wallacei_X plugin, optimized designs achieved a 19.88% reduction in energy use intensity (EUI) and a 9.37% improvement in summer outdoor comfort (UTCI_H) compared to the baseline. Further analysis along the Pareto frontier using Scikit-learn demonstrated high predictive accuracy with XGBoost (F₁ scores: 0.80 for 4-side houses, 0.78 for 3-side houses). To enhance interpretability, SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) analysis explored nonlinear relationships between design variables and building performance, while coupling analysis examined the spatial relationships between houses and their environmental impact. In the final validation, the proposed workflow effectively linked building performance prediction with design optimization, achieving a 26% performance improvement over the original site plan. This integrated approach enables rapid performance evaluations, reduces costs, and provides practical design references. It highlights the potential of combining genetic algorithms and machine learning to drive sustainable rural development.

中国的快速城市化对农村建设和资源管理提出了重大挑战，往往优先考虑经济效益而不是气候适应性和能源效率。本研究以传统徽州住宅为研究对象，将能耗和舒适性分析融入设计的早期阶段。使用通用热气候指数（UTCI）进行的初步模拟为比较建立了一个基线模式。通过Wallacei_X插件，与基线相比，优化设计实现了能源使用强度（EUI）降低19.88%，夏季室外舒适度（UTCI_H）提高9.37%。使用Scikit-learn对Pareto边界的进一步分析表明，XGBoost具有很高的预测精度（4面房屋的F1分数为0.80,3面房屋的F1分数为0.78）。为了提高可解释性，SHapley加性解释（SHAP）分析探讨了设计变量与建筑性能之间的非线性关系，而耦合分析则研究了房屋与其环境影响之间的空间关系。在最后的验证中，提出的工作流程有效地将建筑性能预测与设计优化联系起来，实现了比原始场地计划26%的性能改进。这种集成的方法可以实现快速的性能评估，降低成本，并提供实用的设计参考。它强调了将遗传算法和机器学习结合起来推动农村可持续发展的潜力。

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Coupling coordination evaluation and driving factor analysis of economic performance and social equity in rail transit station areas 轨道交通站区经济效益与社会公平耦合协调评价及驱动因素分析

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Frontiers of Architectural Research

Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.02.003

Tianyue Wan , Wei Lu , Liang Wu , Wenzhi Rong

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is increasingly recognized as a key strategy for enhancing transportation efficiency, environmental sustainability, and economic vitality while fostering inclusive communities in dense, multifunctional urban areas. However, the relationship between TOD's economic benefits and social equity remains underexplored. This study critically evaluates TOD in Dalian, China, introducing the expanded Node-Place-Economy (NPE) model, which integrates economic and social dimensions into the traditional Node-Place model. The NPE model offers a comprehensive framework for assessing TOD effectiveness, particularly in balancing economic growth and equitable resource distribution. The research highlights significant disparities between central and peripheral regions, with central areas performing better in both economic and social equity, while peripheral areas exacerbate socio-economic inequalities. Through spatial analysis and the Coupling Coordination Index (CCI), the study identifies factors influencing the synergy between economic vitality and social equity, such as the density of commercial, sports, and entertainment facilities. The findings emphasize the need for more equitable TOD planning, suggesting that future urban developments should prioritize social inclusiveness alongside economic efficiency. This research expands the theoretical foundation of TOD and offers practical insights for urban planners aiming to achieve sustainable and inclusive urban development.

交通导向发展（TOD）日益被认为是提高交通效率、环境可持续性和经济活力的关键战略，同时在人口密集、多功能的城市地区培育包容性社区。然而，TOD的经济效益与社会公平之间的关系尚未得到充分探讨。本研究引入扩展的节点-地点-经济（NPE）模型，将经济和社会维度整合到传统的节点-地点模型中，对中国大连的TOD进行批判性评估。NPE模型为评估TOD的有效性提供了一个全面的框架，特别是在平衡经济增长和公平资源分配方面。研究强调了中心地区和周边地区之间的显著差异，中心地区在经济和社会公平方面表现更好，而周边地区则加剧了社会经济不平等。通过空间分析和耦合协调指数（CCI），研究确定了影响经济活力与社会公平之间协同效应的因素，如商业、体育和娱乐设施的密度。研究结果强调需要更公平的TOD规划，建议未来的城市发展应优先考虑社会包容性和经济效率。本研究拓展了TOD的理论基础，为城市规划者实现可持续和包容性城市发展提供了实践见解。

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Optimized design and thermal performance study of solar heating composite exterior wall panels 太阳能加热复合外墙板优化设计及热性能研究

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Frontiers of Architectural Research

Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.01.011

Qinghua Guo , Ximeng Lv , Fei Xia , Wenjing He , Sijia Wang , Peijun Sun

This paper presents the design of a unit-type solar self-insulating composite exterior wall panel, which integrates a solar collector panel, photovoltaic (PV) panel, and insulation board into a single unit module. The research explores the utilization of an optimized solar collector panel to provide hot air indoors and proposes methods of application on facades. Using Fluent for simulation, it was found that on a sunny winter day, the thermal performance of the optimized solar collector panel increased by 94.68% compared to its pre-optimized state. A three-day experiment showed a maximum average temperature rise of 41.23 °C at the air outlet, close to the simulation. Finally, the energy efficiency and economic benefits of the study were calculated, which showed an energy saving rate of 65.47% for the composite exterior wall panels. This research provides ideas for solving the winter heating problem in cold regions’ buildings and the design application of self-insulating composite exterior wall panels in prefabricated buildings.

本文设计了一种单元式太阳能自保温复合外墙板，将太阳能集热板、光伏板和保温板集成为一个单元式组件。该研究探索了利用优化的太阳能集热器在室内提供热空气，并提出了在立面上应用的方法。利用Fluent进行仿真，发现在阳光充足的冬季，优化后的太阳能集热器的热性能比优化前提高了94.68%。为期三天的实验显示，出风口最高平均温升为41.23℃，与模拟结果接近。最后，对研究的能效和经济效益进行了计算，结果表明，复合外墙板的节能率为65.47%。本研究为解决寒冷地区建筑冬季供暖问题和自保温复合外墙板在装配式建筑中的设计应用提供了思路。

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How do residents perceive urban parks? A cross-geographic comparison based on online reviews 居民如何看待城市公园？基于在线评论的跨地域比较

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Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.01.013

Lijuan Yang, Qiuhong Wu

Clarifying the quality elements that have a significant impact on public perception is a prerequisite for improving the quality of parks, and comparative cross-regional studies can help to identify local landscape preferences and formulate specialized development strategies. Using online review data and natural language processing methods, this study explores how Chongqing and Chengdu residents' perceptions of environmental features of urban parks affect their overall satisfaction. The results show that: (1) There are 16 (Chongqing) and 13 (Chengdu) environmental features that residents pay attention to in urban parks, and the two places pay the highest attention to the natural features of urban parks. In addition, Chongqing residents pay more attention to the recreational services of urban parks, while Chengdu residents pay more attention to the aesthetics and culture of urban parks. (2) Positive environmental factors increase visitors' satisfaction, but this effect decreases with increasing frequency of perceived, while negative factors continue to have a negative impact on satisfaction. Through online text data and natural language processing technology, the public's perception of parks can be analyzed on a large scale, in depth, and with high accuracy, providing guidance for urban sustainable construction and characteristic style extraction.

厘清对公众观感有重大影响的质素因素，是提高公园质素的先决条件，而跨区域比较研究有助厘清本地对景观的偏好，并制订专门的发展策略。本研究利用在线评价数据和自然语言处理方法，探讨重庆和成都居民对城市公园环境特征的感知如何影响他们的整体满意度。结果表明：(1)城市公园居民关注的环境特征有16项（重庆）和13项（成都），两者对城市公园自然特征的关注程度最高。此外，重庆居民更注重城市公园的休闲服务，成都居民更注重城市公园的审美和文化。(2)积极的环境因素会提高游客的满意度，但随着感知频率的增加，这种影响会降低，而消极的环境因素对满意度的影响仍然是消极的。通过在线文本数据和自然语言处理技术，可以大规模、深入、高精度地分析公众对公园的感知，为城市可持续建设和特色风格提取提供指导。

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Contemplative neuroaesthetics in architecture: A real-world mobile EEG study in the ancient city of Ghardaïa, Algeria 建筑中的沉思神经美学：阿尔及利亚古城Ghardaïa的真实世界移动脑电图研究

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Frontiers of Architectural Research

Pub Date : 2025-03-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.02.001

Nourelhouda Zair , Kenza Boussora , Zakaria Djebbara

This study investigates the potential of built environments to induce contemplative states, contributing to the emerging field of contemplative neuroaesthetics. While the psychological benefits of these states are well-documented, their relationship with architecture remains underexplored. Using an embodied cognition framework, we explore how architectural features engage the sensorimotor system, fostering contemplative experiences. The ancient city of Ghardaïa, known for its natural harmony and subtle aesthetics, was the case study. Twenty participants, with no prior exposure to the site or architectural background, took part in a real-world experiment. They followed a designated path while equipped with a 32-channel mobile EEG system, smart band, and wide-angle cameras. Subjective feedback was collected via questionnaires. Multiple linear regression revealed that curved pathways significantly reduced Default Mode Network (DMN) activity (

β = - 0.064; p < 0.0001

), suggesting heightened sensorimotor engagement, potentially inducing a contemplative state. Conversely, higher occlusivity, measured through space syntax, correlated with increased DMN activity (

β = 0.153

;

p = 0.009

), indicating enclosed spaces promote introspection. Architectural features like corbels, arches, and landmarks also influenced DMN activity, highlighting spatial elements’ role in shaping brain dynamics. Future research should examine architectural contexts to clarify these mechanisms, with implications for designing spaces that promote well-being.

本研究探讨了建筑环境诱导沉思状态的潜力，为沉思神经美学的新兴领域做出了贡献。虽然这些状态的心理好处是有据可查的，但它们与建筑的关系仍未得到充分探讨。使用具身认知框架，我们探索建筑特征如何参与感觉运动系统，促进沉思体验。以自然和谐和微妙的美学而闻名的古城Ghardaïa是研究的案例。20名参与者没有事先接触过场地或建筑背景，参加了现实世界的实验。他们在指定的路径上行走，并配备了32通道移动脑电图系统、智能腕带和广角摄像头。通过问卷调查收集主观反馈。多元线性回归显示，弯曲路径显著降低了默认模式网络（DMN）的活性（β= - 0.064;p<0.0001），表明感觉运动参与增强，可能诱发沉思状态。相反，通过空间句法测量的高闭塞度与DMN活性增加相关(β=0.153；P =0.009)，表明封闭的空间促进内省。建筑特征，如屋梁、拱门和地标也会影响DMN的活动，突出了空间元素在塑造大脑动态中的作用。未来的研究应该检查建筑背景，以澄清这些机制，并对设计促进福祉的空间产生影响。

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Neurological benefits of third places for young adults in healthy urban environments 在健康的城市环境中获得第三名对年轻人的神经学益处

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Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.01.008

Leiqing Xu , Dancheng Meng , Shin Bin Tan , Jiahua Li , Xiaolin Zhang

Aspects of urban environments, especially green spaces, are known to benefit mental health and well-being. However, the healing potential of urban third places remains underexamined compared to the well-documented benefits of more “natural” environments. “Third places” refers to public spaces where people gather outside of their homes (first place) and workplaces (second place), thereby supporting well-being through fostering social interaction and community engagement. Using fNIRS, Empatica E4 wristbands, questionnaires and interviews with 40 young adults in Shanghai, China, we found that third places demonstrate healing effects comparable to natural environments neurologically, psychologically, and physiologically, although they are achieved through distinct underlying mechanisms. Third places contribute to mental wellbeing through emotional pathways, primarily by fostering “pleasure” through social engagement and environmental design, while natural spaces promote “gratitude” through biophilic connections. These results underscore the importance of third places in mental health support for young adults, highlighting the need for social infrastructure interventions. Optimizing third places could create healthier, less stressful, and more emotionally positive urban environments.

众所周知，城市环境的各个方面，尤其是绿地，有利于心理健康和福祉。然而，与更“自然”环境的充分证明的好处相比，城市第三地的治愈潜力仍未得到充分研究。“第三场所”是指人们在家中（第一名）和工作场所（第二名）之外聚集的公共场所，从而通过促进社会互动和社区参与来支持福祉。通过近红外光谱（fNIRS）、Empatica E4腕带、问卷调查和对中国上海40名年轻人的访谈，我们发现，第三个地方在神经、心理和生理上表现出与自然环境相当的治疗效果，尽管它们是通过不同的潜在机制实现的。第三个地方通过情感途径促进心理健康，主要是通过社会参与和环境设计促进“快乐”，而自然空间通过亲生物联系促进“感恩”。这些结果强调了在青年成人心理健康支持方面第三名的重要性，突出了社会基础设施干预的必要性。优化第三名可以创造更健康、压力更小、情绪更积极的城市环境。

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Architectural phenomenology: Past, present, future of an interdisciplinarity 建筑现象学：跨学科的过去、现在和未来

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Frontiers of Architectural Research

Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.01.009

Qing Liu

This article investigates the interdisciplinary nature of what is frequently referred to as architectural phenomenology. By highlighting the intricacy of architecture's disciplinarity, it exposes the paradoxical attitude of architectural phenomenology towards crossing disciplinary borders, and sets out to contextualize the paradoxical attitude about interdisciplinary research in history. Following three thematic threads representative of the tradition centered on Ernesto Nathan Rogers, Christian Norberg-Schulz, and the Essex school, it showcases the diverse modalities of how architecture and phenomenology were combined in the past, and identifies a significant gap in their limited interpretations of the relation between these two fields, often characterized by a one-sided illumination. Drawing attention to the insufficiently theorized reciprocity between architecture and philosophy, it reveals in architectural phenomenology an interdisciplinary interplay implicitly involving all other disciplines, which offers unlimited possibilities of research to be further explored. Taking a closer look at the interdisciplinary nature of architecture and phenomenology, it speculates on the future directions of architectural phenomenology acting as an interdisciplinary arena, pointing to phenomenology's recent interest in enactivist cognitive science and architecture's critical engagement with socio-political issues that converge in an investigation of the built environment.

本文调查了经常被称为建筑现象学的跨学科性质。通过强调建筑学科的复杂性，它揭示了建筑现象学对跨越学科边界的矛盾态度，并着手将历史上跨学科研究的矛盾态度置于语境中。遵循以Ernesto Nathan Rogers、Christian Norberg-Schulz和Essex学派为中心的三个代表传统的主题线索，它展示了过去建筑和现象学如何结合的不同模式，并确定了他们对这两个领域之间关系的有限解释的显著差距，通常以片面的照明为特征。它引起了人们对建筑和哲学之间缺乏理论化的互惠关系的关注，揭示了建筑现象学中隐含地涉及所有其他学科的跨学科相互作用，这为进一步探索提供了无限的研究可能性。仔细观察建筑和现象学的跨学科性质，它推测了建筑现象学作为跨学科领域的未来方向，指出现象学最近对激进认知科学和建筑对社会政治问题的批判性参与的兴趣，这些问题在建筑环境的调查中汇聚在一起。

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A new frontier in design studio: AI and human collaboration in conceptual design 设计工作室的新前沿：概念设计中的人工智能和人类合作

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Frontiers of Architectural Research

Pub Date : 2025-03-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.01.010

Derya Karadağ, Betül Ozar

This study explores the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in the conceptual design phase of interior design education, focusing on AI's potential to help students visualise and refine creative ideas. Conducted within a design studio course, the research integrates text-to-image generators, particularly Midjourney to support students' design processes. Implemented in the fourth week of a 14-week course, a structured workshop introduced students to Midjourney, with surveys conducted both at this stage and during the final submission to capture changes in student perspectives. Using a two-phase case study involving a workshop, surveys, and interviews among senior undergraduate students in the bachelor's program of the Interior Architecture and Environmental Design Department, the study assesses the impact of AI prompts, from simple keywords to detailed narratives, on concept development and project outcomes. Findings indicate that AI broadens design possibilities, facilitates iterative ideation, and improves conceptual precision through high-fidelity visualizations. While students view AI as a valuable addition to their creative process, they also express concerns about ethics and the need to balance AI's benefits with preserving design authenticity. This research contributes to the broader discussion on AI's role in design, advocating for a balanced integration that respects both technological potential and human creativity.

本研究探讨了人工智能（AI）在室内设计教育概念设计阶段的作用，重点关注AI帮助学生可视化和完善创意的潜力。该研究在设计工作室课程中进行，整合了文本到图像生成器，特别是Midjourney，以支持学生的设计过程。在为期14周的课程的第四周，一个结构化的研讨会向学生介绍了Midjourney，并在这个阶段和最终提交期间进行了调查，以捕捉学生观点的变化。通过对室内建筑与环境设计系本科专业高年级本科生进行研讨会、调查和访谈的两阶段案例研究，该研究评估了人工智能提示对概念发展和项目成果的影响，从简单的关键词到详细的叙述。研究结果表明，人工智能拓宽了设计可能性，促进了迭代构思，并通过高保真的可视化提高了概念精度。虽然学生们认为人工智能是他们创作过程中有价值的补充，但他们也表达了对道德的担忧，以及平衡人工智能的好处与保持设计真实性的必要性。这项研究有助于更广泛地讨论人工智能在设计中的作用，倡导尊重技术潜力和人类创造力的平衡整合。

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The impact of crowds on visibility in emergency department: Integrating agent-based simulation and space syntax analysis 人群对急诊可见性的影响：基于智能体的仿真与空间句法分析的集成

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Frontiers of Architectural Research

Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.01.007

Hao Yuan , Ying Zhou

Emergency departments (EDs) are among the busiest hospital units, where visibility is crucial for surveillance, collaboration, and wayfinding. In China, high ED patient volumes lead to crowded corridors, significantly impacting visibility. However, current visibility assessment methods focus on static obstructions such as walls and columns, neglecting crowd obstruction, and underestimating visual impediments.To address this research gap, this study proposes a novel visibility assessment method combining agent-based simulation and space syntax analysis. Based on peak-hour behavioral data from Hospital R's ED, crowd movement was simulated across six ED plans with different corridor layouts. The simulated crowd positions were then treated as visual obstacles, and space syntax theory was applied to evaluate visibility under crowd obstruction at various timesteps. The findings reveal that: 1) ring corridor layouts reduce patient backtracking and corridor congestion; 2) ring corridor layouts facilitate better natural surveillance of the overall space by medical staff with crowd obstruction considered; 3) ring corridor layouts enable medical staff to see each other more easily, supporting team collaboration, regardless of crowd obstruction; 4) simple layouts perform best in terms of wayfinding, irrespective of crowd obstruction. This study presents the first comprehensive quantitative assessment of ED visibility under crowd obstruction, with potential applications in other crowded public spaces.

急诊科（ed）是最繁忙的医院单位之一，可见性对于监控、协作和寻路至关重要。在中国，急诊科患者人数过多导致走廊拥挤，严重影响了能见度。然而，目前的能见度评估方法主要关注墙体、立柱等静态障碍物，忽略了人群障碍物，低估了视觉障碍。为了弥补这一研究空白，本研究提出了一种基于智能体仿真和空间句法分析相结合的可视化评估方法。基于医院急诊室的高峰时段行为数据，模拟了六个不同走廊布局的急诊室的人群运动。然后将模拟的人群位置作为视觉障碍物，运用空间句法理论对不同时间步长人群障碍物下的能见度进行评价。研究结果表明：1)环形廊道布局减少了患者回溯和廊道拥堵；2)环形走廊布局有利于医务人员在考虑人群遮挡的情况下更好地对整体空间进行自然监控；3)环形走廊布局使医护人员更容易看到彼此，支持团队协作，不受人群阻碍；4)简单布局在寻路方面表现最好，不受人群阻碍。本研究首次对人群障碍物下ED的能见度进行了全面定量评估，并在其他拥挤的公共空间中具有潜在的应用前景。

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Neighbourhood identity versus city identity: An inter-scalar perspective via urban layers in a historical zone under transformation 邻里认同与城市认同：在转型的历史区域中，通过城市层的跨标量视角

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Frontiers of Architectural Research

Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2025.01.006

Edmond Manahasa, Artea Zera, Odeta Manahasa, Artan Hysa

Post-socialist urban development in the Albanian capital, Tirana, is characterized by unplanned urbanization that led to the loss of the city's historical fabric. This study focuses on a historic neighbourhood of Tirana affected by urban transformation. It defines housing as the predominant function that has influenced the morphology of the neighbourhood and divides it into three layers, namely pre-socialist, socialist, and post-socialist.

The aim is to reveal the influence of each urban layer on neighbourhood and city identity. To achieve this goal, we rely on the concept of place identity, which consists of physical elements and identificatory relations. The methodology includes sampling of citizens (67 per layer), surveying (No = 201), GIS-mapping and data analysis by clustering physical elements (landmark, house, street, public space) and identificatory relation features (memories, experiences, social and self-identity aspects).

The results show that the city identity is reported to be slightly higher compared to the neighbourhood identity. The residents of older layers compared with those of newer have higher identification with both neighbourhood and city. Finally, the neighbourhood identity is generated by houses, as physical aspects, and socialization as identificatory relation, whereas city identity is generated by public spaces, as physical aspects, and as identificatory relation aspects socialization, and self-identity aspects.

阿尔巴尼亚首都地拉那的后社会主义城市发展的特点是无计划的城市化，导致城市历史结构的丧失。本研究聚焦于地拉那一个受城市转型影响的历史街区。它将住房定义为影响社区形态的主要功能，并将其分为三个层次，即前社会主义、社会主义和后社会主义。目的是揭示每个城市层对社区和城市身份的影响。为了实现这一目标，我们依赖于地点身份的概念，它由物理元素和身份关系组成。该方法包括对公民进行抽样（每层67人），调查（No = 201），通过聚集物理元素（地标、房屋、街道、公共空间）和身份关系特征（记忆、经历、社会和自我认同方面）进行gis制图和数据分析。结果表明，与社区认同相比，城市认同略高。老城区居民对社区和城市的认同感高于新城区居民。最后，邻里身份是由房屋产生的，作为物理方面，作为身份关系的社会化，而城市身份是由公共空间产生的，作为物理方面，作为身份关系方面，社会化和自我认同方面。

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