The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study
The research deals with the effect of skylines on citizens' pleasantness. The research method is based on the respondents' judgment of the color images of the skylines. 360 citizens were asked to complete a questionnaire to express their opinions and preferences along with the reasons. Thr...
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| author | Mehrdad Karimimoshaver Mastooreh Parsamanesh Farshid Aram Amir Mosavi |
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| description | The research deals with the effect of skylines on citizens' pleasantness. The research method is based on the respondents' judgment of the color images of the skylines. 360 citizens were asked to complete a questionnaire to express their opinions and preferences along with the reasons. Three types of nature, traditional, and contemporary skylines were identified as the dominant skylines. The results showed that people prefer the nature and the traditional skyline over the contemporary skyline. They introduced some features as peacefulness, memorability, and distinctiveness as the reasons for their choice. The people's residence place could influence their attitudes toward the skyline, and most of those living in the areas with contemporary contexts selected the skyline of their contemporary context as the favorite skyline. They did not look for the sense of peacefulness in the skyline, but they underlined attractiveness. Variables of age and gender had no effect on the preferences; however, by an increase in education level, the tendency to select the traditional and contemporary skyline increased. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9da4349e41ff40f1ab876914af5f58de2022-12-21T19:54:44ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402021-05-0175e07009The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case studyMehrdad Karimimoshaver0Mastooreh Parsamanesh1Farshid Aram2Amir Mosavi3Department of Architecture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran; Corresponding author.Department of Architecture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, IranEscuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid-UPM, Madrid, SpainNeumann Faculty of Informatics, Obuda University, 1034, Budapest, Hungary; Department of Informatics, J. Selye University, 94501, Komarno, Slovakia; Corresponding author.The research deals with the effect of skylines on citizens' pleasantness. The research method is based on the respondents' judgment of the color images of the skylines. 360 citizens were asked to complete a questionnaire to express their opinions and preferences along with the reasons. Three types of nature, traditional, and contemporary skylines were identified as the dominant skylines. The results showed that people prefer the nature and the traditional skyline over the contemporary skyline. They introduced some features as peacefulness, memorability, and distinctiveness as the reasons for their choice. The people's residence place could influence their attitudes toward the skyline, and most of those living in the areas with contemporary contexts selected the skyline of their contemporary context as the favorite skyline. They did not look for the sense of peacefulness in the skyline, but they underlined attractiveness. Variables of age and gender had no effect on the preferences; however, by an increase in education level, the tendency to select the traditional and contemporary skyline increased.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021011129SkylineAestheticsPleasantLandscapeUrban designSustainable development |
| spellingShingle | Mehrdad Karimimoshaver Mastooreh Parsamanesh Farshid Aram Amir Mosavi The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study Heliyon Skyline Aesthetics Pleasant Landscape Urban design Sustainable development |
| title | The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study |
| title_full | The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study |
| title_fullStr | The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study |
| title_short | The impact of the city skyline on pleasantness; state of the art and a case study |
| title_sort | impact of the city skyline on pleasantness state of the art and a case study |
| topic | Skyline Aesthetics Pleasant Landscape Urban design Sustainable development |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844021011129 |
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