Modeling the Influence of Cultural Graphics on Urban Perception in Qinzhou City: A Structural Equation Approach
Abstract
This research examines the crucial requirement to incorporate cultural aspects into urban design, especially in Qinzhou, China's smaller urban environment, by studying cultural graphics' impact on urban perceptibility. The study examines cultural graphics' influence on urban perception by studying how cultural and social identity results in changes to urban perception while personal values and beliefs and media consumption serve as intervening factors. Data collection involved 425 valid responses in Qinzhou City through a quantitative research design, which allowed Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze the relationships. The evaluation reveals cultural graphics create substantial effects on urban perception through direct pathways as well as indirect routes powered by personal values and media consumption. Urban planning authorities need to make cultural graphics an integral part of city development to develop stronger cultural identities and community attachments. Urban planners should encourage the integration of cultural graphics in urban development to protect heritage elements while fulfilling contemporary development requirements, which will generate more inclusive public spaces.
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