METHODOLOGY

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Peoples perception of residents and
regular users was done with the help
of questionnaire.

Format Of Questionnaire

Noting the profile of the user

Asking the routine
Noting the opinion of various spots
Interpretation of images of the
town
Sketching maps with references.
Noting recommendations and
potentials
Any other comments and
suggestions.

Questionaire Is classified in terms of :

Age groups:

15-25, 25-45, 45-60 and 60-100 years

Location of residence;

1- in Kacchur -the oldest part of town

2- within 1km of town radius
3- beyond 1km radius of the town

Familiarity with the town in years:

0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-50, 50 and above

Questionnaire is analyzed based on:

Sketch-map accuracy of the map in
terms of name, route, distance and
location, number of places located and
importance of places in terms of
history and function in present times.

Questionnaire is analyzed based

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Daily routine and association: the

familiarity of people with various
places and the importance given
for conserving them as well as
frequency of use.

Questionnaire is analyzed based on:

Photoidentification: photographs of
popular stuctures, elements along
popular routes, interior views of
important structures, landscape views of
edges, landscape views along the road.

contents of the city

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Z . These elements may be defined as follows:

Z 1. Paths. Paths are the routes along which the user moves regularly or
occasionally. People observe the town though these routes and the other
observations are correlated to these routes or path.
Z 2. Edges. Edges are the linear elements not used or considered as paths
by the user. They are the boundaries between two parts of the region
which may be barriers like walls or natural boundaries like rivers and
valleys etc. They are lateral references rather than coordinate axes. These
edge elements, although not as dominant as paths, are for many people
important organizing features, particularly in the role of holding together
generalized areas, as in the outline of a city by water or wall. In the case of
Barkur the river is an important edge along with other boundaries like
agricultural fields, forest areas and compound walls.
Z 3. Districts. Districts are the medium-to-large sections of the city,
conceived of as having two-dimensional extent, which the observer
mentally enters inside of, and which are recognizable as having some
common, identifying character.

contents of the city

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Z 4. Nodes. Nodes are points, the distinct locations of concentrated
activity or reference in a city into which an observer can enter, and
which are the intensive foci to and from which he is traveling. They
may be primarily junctions, places of a break in transportation, a
crossing or convergence of paths, moments of shift from one structure
to another. Or the nodes may be simply concentrations, which gain
their importance from being the condensation of some use or physical
character.
Z 5. Landmarks. Landmarks are another type of point-reference, but in
this case the observer does not enter within them, they are external.
They are usually a rather simply defined physical object: building,
sign, store, or mountain. Their use involves the singling out of one
element from a host of possibilities. Some landmarks are distant ones,
typically seen from many angles and distances, over the tops of
smaller elements, and used as radial references (Lynch, 1960)

Visual impact analysis

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Key map to be
given and
conclusion about
the observations to
be written

Space motion diagram

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Z The space motion Diagram method is to document the
experience in totality. The space motion diagram drawn
first roughly includes the physical shape of the street as
seen by the eye, the slopes, culverts, turns, visual links
etc. the second is the percentage of enclosure defined by
the built forms or landscape accompanied by section
shown diagrammatically, third is the number of steps it
took to notice the next important visual aspect, fourth
diagram is the orientation diagram where the landmarks,
noise level, key features noticed are drawn. Finally the
photographs of sample experience are put along the side.

The first map is the visual penetration

from the road
quality of turns and slope felt while
moving. The edge conditions if strong are
also noted.

The next column shows the definition of space through

scale of explicitness.

Third column is a key section of the street and the

number of steps taken to reach that stage.
Fourth column marks the nodes,

landmarks
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edges,

, noise levels.

Final column shows key photographs

demonstrating the notes made.

Methodology for behavior studies

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To be done using
map notation,
observation
sketches
complemented
by photographs,
questionnaire
surveys and
discussions with
key people
involved