University Students’ Perceptions of the Inner Cities of Murcia and Valencia

Francisco José Morales Yago; María Luisa de Lázaro y Torres; María Luisa Gomez Ruiz

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University Students’ Perceptions of the Inner Cities of Murcia and Valencia

Francisco José Morales Yago

María Luisa de Lázaro y Torres

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María Luisa Gomez Ruiz

| Sep 06, 2018

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volume 37 (2018): Issue 3 (September 2018)

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Page range: 75 - 85

Received: May 13, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0026

Keywords
geography of perception, mental maps, sense of place, Murcia, Valencia

© 2018 Francisco José Morales Yago et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A sketch of Murcia students’ perception and the same perception on a real map of Murcia.

A collective map of Murcia made by a group of 8 students presenting their perception about paths (sendas), landmarks (hitos), nodes (nodos) and districts (barrios). It highlights Murcia center-east because it is the traditional university leisure district. At the South, the Segura river as a border.

Murcia landmarks according to survey results (% of the total respondents).

Valencia landmarks according to survey results (% of the total respondents).

Drawings of perceptions of Valencia made in groups of 6–9 university students of Valencia.

Elements in Murcia and Valencia that respondents consider they would miss on leaving the city.

Places to show to other visitors, the scores assigned according to the responses of the surveys in Murcia (left) and Valencia (right).

Valencia’s elements highlighted by respondents in the categories established by Lynch (1960).

Landmarks	Nodes	Paths	Edges or Borders
Cathedral	La Virgen	Colón, Guillén de Castro and Xátiva streets	Streets of La Pechina, De la Alameda, Avda. Francia
	La Reina
	Town Hall
Miquelet	España and Redonda squares	San Vicente Mártir	Turia river (old and new riverbed)
Bullring	La Fe Mestalla Hospital	Ruzafa street	Railway
Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències	University	Barón de Cárcer	Sea border
Serrano Towers	North railway station	Avda. de Fernando el Católico/Ramón y Cajal
Quart Towers	Bus station	Pérez Gáldos/Giorgeta
Town Hall		Perís y Valero/Ausías March
La Música Palace		Germanías/Marqués del Turia
Central and Colon Markets		Blasco Ibañez/El Puerto avenue
Bridges

Lynch element shapes

Point	Lines	Polygons
Landmarks	Paths	Districts
Nodes	Edges

Murcia elements highlighted by respondents in the categories established by Lynch (1960).

Landmarks	Nodes	Paths	Edges or Borders
Cathedral and cathedral tower	Santo Domingo, Romea, Las Flores or Apóstoles Squares	Gran Vía Street	South ring road
Bullring (Plaza de toros)	Town Hall	Paseo Alfonso X Street	Segura River
Town Hall (Ayuntamiento) and Town Hall Square	Redonda, Diez de Revenga and Juan XXIII Square	Platería	Railway (El Carmen)
Almudí Palace	Morales Meseguer Hospital	Trapería	Malecón
Verónicas Market	Vieja Condomina	Alejandro Seiquier (post-office)	San Antón and Garay roads
Segura river bridges	La Merced University	Avenida de la Fama
San Esteban	El Carmen railway station	Avda. Liberty (Libertad)
Las Claras	Bus station	Avda. Juan de Borbón
Romea Theatre	Floridablanca and La Pólvora Gardens	Avda. Juan Carlos I
Romea Theatre	Floridablanca and La Pólvora Gardens	North and East roads
Casino	El Rollo	Avda. Floridablanca
Blue Towers		Cartagena Street
Godoy Tower

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University Students’ Perceptions of the Inner Cities of Murcia and Valencia

Published Online: Sep 06, 2018

Page range: 75 - 85

Received: May 13, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0026

Keywords
geography of perception, mental maps, sense of place, Murcia, Valencia

© 2018 Francisco José Morales Yago et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Valencia’s elements highlighted by respondents in the categories established by Lynch (1960).

Lynch element shapes

Murcia elements highlighted by respondents in the categories established by Lynch (1960).

University Students’ Perceptions of the Inner Cities of Murcia and Valencia

Published Online: Sep 06, 2018

Page range: 75 - 85

Received: May 13, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0026

Keywordsgeography of perception, mental maps, sense of place, Murcia, Valencia

© 2018 Francisco José Morales Yago et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Valencia’s elements highlighted by respondents in the categories established by Lynch (1960).

Lynch element shapes

Murcia elements highlighted by respondents in the categories established by Lynch (1960).

Keywords
geography of perception, mental maps, sense of place, Murcia, Valencia