In the Context of Visual Pollution: Effects to Trabzon City Center Silhoutte

Abstract

One of the clearest indicators of visual pollution in the cities are their silhouettes. Silhouettes are the faces of physical structure and historical accumulation of cities. But today many cities are full of buildings that are incompatible with each other, that are disrespectful to the environment and that have no identity. Generally, city silhouettes consist of concrete façades, they have changed into common appearances that do not stamp themselves in people's minds, and the historical environments have disappeared in this chaos.Trabzon is a coastal city where green and blue meets and which were famous for its orchards, tangerine gardens and terraces that reached the coast. But rapid and unplanned urbanization is changing the city. Moreover, with its history of thousands of years, it is not possible to see these riches effectively in the city which carries the traces of different civilisations. This paper seeks to investigate the traces of change and transformation that the city has undergone in the silhouette of the city. Interventions in the city and visual pollutions in the city silhouette as a result of these interventions will be considered. In this context, by comparing the new photos of the city with the old ones, the aesthetic value and visual quality of the city will be evaluated.

Place attachment, place identity and aesthetic appraisal of urban landscape

“…For the purpose of this study, Visual Pollution Sensitivity Scale was created. Based on literature analysis (Yilmaz & Sagsoz, 2011) the elements considered to be responsible for the visual chaos was isolated. The final scale consisted of 11 items (Cronbach's Alpha = 0.90): power distribution unit, multicolored building facades, PCV banners, billboards, satellite dishes, bus/tram stops covered with advertisements, electric cables, gas stations, garages, advertisement placed on storefronts, wheelie bin stores.…”

Impact of Visual Pollution at the Entrances of Coastal Cities in Lebanon

“…The degree to which the visual cortex of the brain is stressed is directly related to the light frequency and variety to which it is exposed (Gokhale et al, 2011). Some studies demonstrated that visual pollution may lead to distraction, decrease in opinion diversity, and loss of identity, traffic congestion, health hazards of diverse kinds, irritability and psychological disturbances, eye fatigue, loss of sense of hygiene, and aesthetics (Gokhale et al, 2011;Yilmaz, 2011). In addition, children closely associated with visual pollution from childhood are generally forbidden of subtle aesthetics and they get used to this unsightly surroundings, even lose their natural desire to change it (Milan & De, 2015).…”

Analysis of Legal and Theoretical Framework Creating the Methodology of Visual Pollution Assessment for Natural Landscapes

“…In other sources of information visual pollution is determined as the phenomenon that causes damage in the sense of beauty and the breakdown of aesthetic considerations and satisfaction and acceptance of the image of the ugly (Mohamed et al, 2011); that makes some negative changes in the natural environment and, in this way, turns the visual areas into something that disturbs people (Yilmaz et al, 2011;Nagle, 2009). Magnitude of visual pollution depends on the number of affected persons, on the distance between them and the observed object, and also depends on the orography of the terrain between the observation point and the observed object (Garcia-Garrido et al).…”