Determination of waterscape beauties through visual quality assessment method

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 459-468

  Bulut, Zohre ^a   Yilmaz, Hasan ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Visual quality assessment; Visual quality of waterscapes; Waterscapes

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; RESERVE VALUE; RURAL LANDSCAPES; STANDING WATERS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS; VISUAL QUALITIES; VISUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; VISUAL QUALITY OF WATERSCAPES; WATER TYPES; WATERSCAPES;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL);

WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DESIGN; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR; VISUALIZATION; WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANDSCAPE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RIVER; RURAL AREA; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; URBAN AREA; VISUAL STIMULATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BEAUTY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WATER;

EID: 67650601625     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0412-5     Document Type: Article

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