| DC Field | Value | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | MENADI, ABderrahim | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-15T07:58:56Z | - |
| dc.date.available | 2026-06-15T07:58:56Z | - |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | - |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.esi-sba.dz/jspui/handle/123456789/816 | - |
| dc.description | Main Supervisor :Pr. Myriam SERVIÈRES /Main Supervisor : Pr. Sidi Mohamed BENSLIMANE /Co-Supervisor :Dr. Vincent TOURRE / Co-Supervisor : Dr. Jean-Philippe RIVIÈRE | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Urban walkability depends on both the physical characteristics of public spaces and how
pedestrians visually perceive and explore their environment while walking. This thesis therefore
combines subjective evaluation of pedestrian routes with objective analysis of eye movements to
study, in situ, the relationship between visual perception and the quality of walking spaces. Nine
participants walked a predefined route while wearing eye-tracking glasses. For each segment
of the route, they rated the walkability and provided detailed comments. Simultaneously, a
reproducible protocol synchronized fixations and saccades with each video frame, performed
semantic segmentation of each frame, and assigned each gaze point to the corresponding visual
object class (sidewalks, vehicles, buildings, vegetation, etc.). From this data, various indicators
were calculated: proportion of fixations per object category, fixation and saccade durations,
transition probabilities, gaze entropy, and visual diversity measures. These metrics were then
aggregated per participant and per route segment to study their relationship with the collected
subjective evaluations. This approach allows identifying the urban elements that attract the
most attention and analyzing how gaze dynamics correlates with perceptions of comfort and
overall walking experience. The results show which parts of the city consistently catch the
attention of pedestrians and how eye movement patterns are linked to how walkable a place
seems, both for different people and along different parts of the route. The thesis underscores
the ramifications of these findings for pedestrian-oriented urban design and examines the
study’s constraints, notably the limited sample size and the technical difficulties encountered
in real-world eye-tracking applications. Lastly, the full dataset structure and the analytical
pipeline are made public so that other researchers can use them and so that urban planners can
make decisions based on how people feel about things****
Cette thèse examine la perception visuelle des rues à pied. Neuf volontaires ont parcouru un
court trajet urbain à Nantes, équipés de lunettes d’oculométrie, et ont évalué chaque segment
du trajet. Nous avons synchronisé les données d’oculométrie avec des images vidéo de la
scène, appliqué une segmentation sémantique pour identifier les éléments visibles (trottoir,
végétation, bâtiments, véhicules, etc.) et analysé où leur attention était portée. Les segments
perçus comme plus praticables ont attiré davantage le regard vers la végétation et un trottoir
dégagé, tandis que les segments moins bien notés ont focalisé l’attention sur les façades des
bâtiments, la chaussée et la circulation. Les segments les mieux notés ont également montré
des taux de saccades légèrement plus élevés, suggérant une exploration visuelle plus large.
Ce projet propose une méthodologie et un ensemble de données robustes et reproductibles
qui relient le comportement objectif du regard à l’expérience subjective de l’utilisateur. Ces
outils peuvent être utilisés pour soutenir l’analyse urbaine basée sur la perception et fournir
des conseils pratiques de conception pour créer des rues plus confortables et conviviales pour
les piétons.
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| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | walkability | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eye Tracking | en_US |
| dc.subject | Data Collection | en_US |
| dc.subject | Data Analytics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fixations | en_US |
| dc.subject | Computer Vision | en_US |
| dc.subject | Semantic Segmentation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gaze Analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Urban Perception. | en_US |
| dc.title | Acquisition and analysis of a dataset on the perception of walkability in the city | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | Master
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