Table 5. Arrangement of the 15 aspects according to the relative importance to each other. Source: Authors
Experts | Rank | Users | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aspects | Mean | Aspects | Mean | |
Safety & security | 12.6 | 1 | Safety & security | 13.1 |
Accessibility | 11.4 | 2 | Accessibility | 10.7 |
Social activities and interaction | 10.8 | 3 | Comfort | 10.4 |
Diversity in activities | 10.2 | 4 | Sufficient places to sit | 9.2 |
Sense of place | 9.8 | 5 | Social activities and interaction | 8.3 |
Comfort | 9.6 | 6 | Diversity in activities | 8.2 |
Sufficient places to sit | 8.2 | 7 | Esthetic quality | 8.0 |
Edge effect | 7.2 | 8 | Sense of place | 7.4 |
Esthetic quality | 6.8 | 9 | Scale | 7.3 |
Scale | 6.5 | 10 | Control | 7.2 |
Recognizability | 6.0 | 11 | Authenticity & meaning | 6.6 |
Livability & vitality | 5.7 | 12 | Livability & vitality | 6.4 |
Authenticity & meaning | 5.6 | 13 | Edge effect | 6.2 |
Control | 5.4 | 14 | Recognizability | 5.6 |
Surrounding buildings | 4.1 | 15 | Surrounding buildings | 5.5 |