Should Urban Sentiment Issues Be Considered in Urban Planning?
Cities are full of human sentiment.From the perspective of urban planning,urban sentiment pertains to the emotional reaction of urban residents to their built-environment and urban planning implementation.Urban sentiment is becoming increasingly elaborate and important in the age of information technologies and at the stage of high-quality urban development.However,urban planning grounded on reasoning generally finds it tech-nically difficult to consider urban sentiment.This paper discusses the importance of considering urban sentiment in urban planning,and explores ways for planners to understand,measure and mainstream urban sentiment in planning.It proposes a conceptual framework for planners to sympathize and understand urban sentiment,the application of big-data'sentiment analysis'and other tools for measuring urban sentiment,and pilot experiment of mainstreaming urban sentiment into the planning process through the emerging practices of community re-sponsibility-planners.