Urban ergonomics: an ongoing study of city signs and maps.
The purpose of this study is to assess whether the existing signals in three European cities were developed according usability principles and ergonomic aspects for the citizen. City maps and signals will be tested using efficiency, effectiveness and user's satisfaction criteria. Among the urban areas are the center of Paris-FR, assumed to be well signalized, the historical center of Guimarães-PT and Chorweiler, Cologne-DE, a residential neighborhood of modern urbanism characterized by the extensive use of vegetation, the landscape homogeneity, and, consequently, by the difficult navigation.
Department of Production and Systems, School of Engineering of the University of Minho, Campus of Azurém,, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal. palves555@gmail.com
Patricia
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Alves
Pedro
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Arezes
D002947:Cities; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004779:Environment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008123:Location Directories and Signs; D010297:Paris; D011174:Portugal