EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF LANDSCAPE IN WALKWAYS, USING NOTE-TAKING TECHNIQUE AND ANALYZING VISUAL ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPING (CASE STUDY: HAROUNIYEH HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF ISFAHAN)

Old and historical contexts always consider as the major and historical and cultural heritage of cities. Nowadays the role of urban landscape in historical contexts and pedestrian paths is greatly considered by the researchers in urban landscaping, designing and planning. Urban landscape is cultural capitals of the cities and pedestrians are quite interested in it. The rate of effectiveness of a landscape of a route depends on individuals’ perception, which relies on the readiness of the individuals for perceiving, perceptual capacity and environmental conditions of perception. This study emphasizes on the importance of the landscape of historical contexts, walkways and the role that urban landscaping can play in the perception of pedestrians. Since in the researches of urban landscape the emphasis on the role of landscape in historical contexts and walkways is not seen much and Isfahan is one of the historical and tourism centers in Iran, Harouniyeh path, where is located in Harouniyeh historical context, which is one of the important connecting routes of Naghsh-e Jahan Sq. and Imam Ali Sq. (Atiq Sq.) and many tourists visit this area every year, was selected and evaluated as a case study. The aim of this study is evaluating the quality of the landscape of Harouniyeh path in the city of Isfahan. The question answered at the end of this research is, how is the landscape quality of Harouniyeh path? The methodology of the research in this article conducts a descriptive/analytical study. To analyze the landscape, Philip Thiel note-taking technique as well as Simon Bell landscape visual elements analysis are used in this study that are Quantitative and qualitative. The results show that the sequences near the Imam Ali Sq. have high clearly, because there are particular elements and landscapes in this path.