Complexity, Historicity and Coherence: Preference and Quality of the Changes in the Urban Scene

Alpak, Elif Merve; Özkan, Doruk Görkem; Mumcu, Sema; Özbilen, Ali

doi:10.1080/09720073.2014.11892073

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“…In this case, the Land-wall of Istanbul possesses weak preferability according to scores of photographs and this finding is supported by Alpak et al. 46…”

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Visual impact assessment of the Istanbul Land-wall

Ögçe

Müderrisoğlu

Uzun

2019

Indoor and Built Environment

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Visual impact assessment studies are reasonably substantial to understand an environment which has different features. The aim of this study is to evaluate the visual impact of the Istanbul Land-wall and contribute to future design/planning stages. For this purpose, the study area was separated into four different spatial usages which are recreational, transportation, agricultural and neglected places. Twenty-four different photographs were taken and a survey was conducted upon an expert and a public sample group. The public survey included four parameters: well-kept, exciting, safety and beautiful scenery. The expert survey also involved four parameters which were coherence, imageability, stewardship and historicity. One-way ANOVA test was conducted to reveal sample groups’ effect on the preferences. The results showed that the average scores of photographs evaluated by public and experts were 11.07 and 9.80 scores respectively. In the public survey, the photograph, has the lowest scores for all parameters, was Photo-11 (P11). Experts’ result shows particularly that historicity is lower than the others although the area is a historical region. Specifically, neglected places obtained lower scores than the other spatial types. Consequently, the Istanbul Land-wall does not have adequate visual quality regarding the selected parameters.

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“…In this case, the Land-wall of Istanbul possesses weak preferability according to scores of photographs and this finding is supported by Alpak et al. 46…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 66%

Visual impact assessment of the Istanbul Land-wall

Ögçe

Müderrisoğlu

Uzun

2019

Indoor and Built Environment

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“…Vale destacar que os componentes visuais presentes no ambiente podem exercer influência sobre como nós percebemos e, consequentemente, avaliamos o ambiente. Do ponto de vista da psicologia ambiental, por exemplo, três componentes são importantes: complexidade, historicidade e coerência (ver Alpak et al 2016). A Complexidade se refere aos vários elementos existentes no ambiente e disponíveis no campo visual do indivíduo.…”

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“…Já a coerência se refere a presença de elementos similares no ambiente, formando uma unidade ordenada; e quanto mais harmoniosa for essa unidade, mais fácil será sua compreensão e percepção. Um estudo empírico observou, por exemplo, que em ambientes urbanos um nível médio de complexidade e um alto nível de coerência e historicidade aumentam a preferência das pessoas por esse tipo de paisagem (Alpak et al 2016).…”

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Bases ecológicas e evolutivas do comportamento humano

Paulino de Albuquerque,

Varella Valentova,

Correa Varella

2024

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Este livro foi pensado para ser um primeiro texto didático e introdutório às bases ecológicas e evolutivas do comportamento humano, voltado para o ensino ao nível de graduação. Porém, este livro também pode ser útil para aqueles entrando na pós-graduação, especialmente vindos de áreas sem muita tradição de ensino e pesquisa ecológica e evolutiva. Embora cada capítulo possa ser lido em qualquer ordem, organizamos o livro de modo que a sequência sugerida, que vai do geral ao mais específico, permita ao aprofundamento gradual dos diferentes conceitos e disciplinas dedicadas aos estudos ecológicos e evolutivos do comportamento e da mente humana.

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“…Berlyne [46] suggested that environments with intermediate levels of complexity would be judged as being the most beautiful; that is, humans would prefer medium complexity more than both low and high complexity. In 2016, a study by Alpak et al [47] found that people's preferences indeed were the highest for urban landscapes of intermediate complexity. This study also showed that important predictors of complexity were the experience of coherence and the organization of the components of the urban landscape.…”

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Exploring the Influence of the Visual Attributes of Kaplan’s Preference Matrix in the Assessment of Urban Parks: A Discrete Choice Analysis

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A significant majority of the literature on natural environments and urban green spaces justifies the preferences that people have for natural environments using four predictors defined by Kaplan’s preference matrix theory, namely coherence, legibility, complexity, and mystery. However, there are no studies implicitly focusing on the visual attributes assigned to each of these four predictors. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the influence of nine visual attributes derived from the four predictors of Kaplan’s matrix on people’s preferences in the context of urban parks. A discrete choice experiment was used to obtain responses from a sample of 396 students of Golestan University. Students randomly evaluated their preferences towards a set of potential scenarios with urban park images. The results of a random parameter logit analysis showed that all of the attributes of complexity (variety of elements, number of colors, and organization of elements) and one attribute each of coherence (uniformity), mystery (visual access), and legibility (distinctive elements) affect students’ choices for urban parks, while one attribute each of mystery (physical access) and legibility (wayfinding) did not affect the choices. Furthermore, the results indicated a preference for heterogeneity of the attributes. The findings of this study can provide instructions for designing parks.

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Complexity, Historicity and Coherence: Preference and Quality of the Changes in the Urban Scene

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Visual impact assessment of the Istanbul Land-wall

Visual impact assessment of the Istanbul Land-wall

Bases ecológicas e evolutivas do comportamento humano

Exploring the Influence of the Visual Attributes of Kaplan’s Preference Matrix in the Assessment of Urban Parks: A Discrete Choice Analysis

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