Attitudes of landscape professionals towards naturalistic versus formal urban landscapes in the UK

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 34-45

  Ozguner H ^a   Kendle, A D ^b   Bisgrove, R J ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EDEN PROJECT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological design; Formal landscape; Landscape perception; Landscape preferences; Landscape professionals; Landscape style; Naturalistic landscape

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

FORMAL LANDSCAPES; LANDSCAPE PERCEPTION; LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONALS; LANDSCAPE STYLE; NATURALISTIC LANDSCAPES;

URBAN PLANNING;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247604587     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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