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

Francisco José Morales Yago

Francisco José Morales Yago

Department of Geography, Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaMadrid, Spain
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Morales Yago, Francisco José
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María Luisa de Lázaro y Torres

María Luisa de Lázaro y Torres

Department of Geography, Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaMadrid, Spain
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de Lázaro y Torres, María Luisa
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María Luisa Gomez Ruiz

María Luisa Gomez Ruiz

Department of Didactics of Experimental, Social and Mathematical Sciences, Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain
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Gomez Ruiz, María Luisa
  
06 sept 2018
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Publicado en línea: 06 sept 2018
Páginas: 75 - 85
Recibido: 13 may 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/quageo-2018-0026
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Fig. 1

Location of Murcia and Valencia.
Location of Murcia and Valencia.

Fig. 2

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

Fig. 3

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.
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.

Fig. 4

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

Fig. 5

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

Fig. 6

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

Fig. 7

Murcia’s neighbourhoods.
Murcia’s neighbourhoods.

Fig. 8

Valencia’s neighbourhoods.
Valencia’s neighbourhoods.

Fig. 9

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

Fig. 10

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

LandmarksNodesPathsEdges or Borders
CathedralLa VirgenColón, Guillén de Castro and Xátiva streetsStreets of La Pechina, De la Alameda, Avda. Francia
La Reina
Town Hall
MiqueletEspaña and Redonda squaresSan Vicente MártirTuria river (old and new riverbed)
BullringLa Fe Mestalla HospitalRuzafa streetRailway
Ciutat de les Arts i les CiènciesUniversityBarón de CárcerSea border
Serrano TowersNorth railway stationAvda. de Fernando el Católico/Ramón y Cajal
Quart TowersBus stationPérez Gáldos/Giorgeta
Town HallPerís y Valero/Ausías March
La Música PalaceGermanías/Marqués del Turia
Central and Colon MarketsBlasco Ibañez/El Puerto avenue
Bridges

Lynch element shapes

PointLinesPolygons
LandmarksPathsDistricts
NodesEdges

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

LandmarksNodesPathsEdges or Borders
Cathedral and cathedral towerSanto Domingo, Romea, Las Flores or Apóstoles SquaresGran Vía StreetSouth ring road
Bullring (Plaza de toros)Town HallPaseo Alfonso X StreetSegura River
Town Hall (Ayuntamiento) and Town Hall SquareRedonda, Diez de Revenga and Juan XXIII SquarePlateríaRailway (El Carmen)
Almudí PalaceMorales Meseguer HospitalTraperíaMalecón
Verónicas MarketVieja CondominaAlejandro Seiquier (post-office)San Antón and Garay roads
Segura river bridgesLa Merced UniversityAvenida de la Fama
San EstebanEl Carmen railway stationAvda. Liberty (Libertad)
Las ClarasBus stationAvda. Juan de Borbón
Romea TheatreFloridablanca and La Pólvora GardensAvda. Juan Carlos I
North and East roads
CasinoEl RolloAvda. Floridablanca
Blue TowersCartagena Street
Godoy Tower
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