Evaluation of mental image of topological representation method with emphasis on urban identity (Case study: the central area of Kashan city)

Mental images and cognitive maps are considered a means of achieving the internal representation of the environment, which has experienced a variety of methods and methods of extraction in the past few decades. It is this variety that makes the comparative examination of mental-cognitive image extraction methods and their comprehensive knowledge, especially their strengths and weaknesses, The main purpose of the research is to explain the influential components of urban identity in the concept of a mental image about its topological representation, which has raised questions such as the validity and mechanism of the influence of topological mental images. It is interpretive historical research carried out through a case study. The required data are collected using library study and observations. In the present study. The method of data collection is a literature review, as well as field collection using environmental impressions, as well as the use of interviews, and questionnaires. According to the framework of the research, the central block of region 1 of Kashan city was selected based on the use of the evaluative mental image method, cognitive map extraction, and based on the triple topological representation extracted from the proposed model, in the form of a Likert scale of valuation and score. Finally, the selected block with a score of 2.31 in the course of typology has more dominance as a performance-oriented species. In future research, in addition to the development of the method, morphological science with a palmistic approach to urban tissues can also be used.