A visual landscape assessment approach for highdensity urban development: A GIS-based index

Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures 2005 - Proceedings of the 11th International CAAD Futures Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 125-134

  He, Jie ^a   Tsou, Jin Yeu ^a   Xue, Yucai ^a   Chow, Benny ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

GIS; Urban planning; Visual perception; Visual quality assessment

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; DECISION MAKING SUPPORT; ESTATE MANAGEMENT; HIGH-DENSITY; HONG KONG , CHINA; HONG-KONG; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; HUMAN VISUAL PERCEPTION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL LANDSCAPES; RAPID DEVELOPMENT; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; SCHEMATIC DESIGN; SITE LAYOUT; SUSTAINABLE URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREAS; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN SPACES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VISUAL QUALITIES; VISUAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DECISION MAKING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; URBAN PLANNING; VISION;

URBAN GROWTH;

EID: 84857360644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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