DOI: 10.5176/2425-0112_UPPD17.37
Authors: Kathleen Barry, Dr. Jon Bryan Burley, Paul Nieratko, Karen Russcher, Karen Russcher
Abstract: Investigators are interested in the perception of landscape elements in the urban setting. The study team was interested in assessing the aesthetic benefits that mountain landscape features provide adjacent to urban settings. The study are is Aspen, Colorado. Utilizing a well studied predictive visual quality equation to assess the perception of viewers. Kendall’s coefficient of concordance statistical test suggests that the area of mountains in an urban image or view concurs with the predictive visual quality equation (p<0.05). The study also suggests that about 3 percent of any image or view containing mountains will improve the visual perception of urban settings.
Keywords: landscape architecture; environmental psychology; environmental design; urban design; landscape aesthetics
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