Determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in Düzce city center

Pedestrian zones are determining factors on visual landscape quality of cities because of their transition zone characteristics between various urban areas. This study was performed to demontsrate the visual landscape quality of areas designed for pedestrians in the Düzce city center. In this study,...

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Main Authors: İbrahim Aytaş, Serir Uzun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: İstanbul University 2015-01-01
Series:İstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.17099/jffiu.60910
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description Pedestrian zones are determining factors on visual landscape quality of cities because of their transition zone characteristics between various urban areas. This study was performed to demontsrate the visual landscape quality of areas designed for pedestrians in the Düzce city center. In this study, relationship between landscape characteristics based on expert opinion (naturalness, manageability, historicity) and perception and liking parameters evaluated by different classes of society have been evaluated by different classes of society via questionnaires and statistically analysed (by Pearson Correlation) in terms of psycophysical approach model. According to results of analysis, it was concluded that there were a strong relationship between all factors (Which factors and give some quantitative results) (p = 0,000 < 0,05). Visual landscape feature which mostly influences the “perception” and the “liking” factors was determined as naturalness. It was concluded that visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in the center of Düzce city was in moderate level ( Xmin= 1,64; Xmax = 3,60). Visual landscape charecteristics of pedestrian areas should be considered in planning and design studies, maintenance works should be given more importance and thanks to this, visual landscape quality of Düzce city should be increased.
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spelling doaj.art-e99adbfd3650401e9772f2e785a1e1fe2023-02-15T16:14:46Zengİstanbul Universityİstanbul Üniversitesi Orman Fakültesi Dergisi0535-84180535-84182015-01-01651112910.17099/jffiu.60910Determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in Düzce city centerİbrahim Aytaş0Serir Uzun1 Çankırı Karatekin University, Faculty of Forestry, Landscape Architecture Department, Çankırı, TurkeyDüzce University, Faculty of Forestry, Konuralp Campus, Düzce, TurkeyPedestrian zones are determining factors on visual landscape quality of cities because of their transition zone characteristics between various urban areas. This study was performed to demontsrate the visual landscape quality of areas designed for pedestrians in the Düzce city center. In this study, relationship between landscape characteristics based on expert opinion (naturalness, manageability, historicity) and perception and liking parameters evaluated by different classes of society have been evaluated by different classes of society via questionnaires and statistically analysed (by Pearson Correlation) in terms of psycophysical approach model. According to results of analysis, it was concluded that there were a strong relationship between all factors (Which factors and give some quantitative results) (p = 0,000 < 0,05). Visual landscape feature which mostly influences the “perception” and the “liking” factors was determined as naturalness. It was concluded that visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in the center of Düzce city was in moderate level ( Xmin= 1,64; Xmax = 3,60). Visual landscape charecteristics of pedestrian areas should be considered in planning and design studies, maintenance works should be given more importance and thanks to this, visual landscape quality of Düzce city should be increased.http://dx.doi.org/10.17099/jffiu.60910 Visual landscape qualityperceptionpedestrianlikingDüzce
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Determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in Düzce city center
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Visual landscape quality
perception
pedestrian
liking
Düzce
title Determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in Düzce city center
title_full Determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in Düzce city center
title_fullStr Determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in Düzce city center
title_full_unstemmed Determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in Düzce city center
title_short Determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in Düzce city center
title_sort determining visual landscape quality of pedestrian areas in duzce city center
topic Visual landscape quality
perception
pedestrian
liking
Düzce
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