Does landscape related expertise influence the visual perception of landscape photographs? Implications for participatory landscape planning and management

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 141, Issue , 2015, Pages 68-77

  Dupont, Lien ^a   Antrop, Marc ^a   Van Eetvelde, Veerle ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Distribution of attention; Eye tracking; Information processing; Landscape perception; Scan path; Visual landscape assessment

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOGRAPHY;

DISTRIBUTION OF ATTENTION; LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENTS; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PERCEPTIONS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; SCAN PATH; VISUAL EXPLORATION;

EYE TRACKING;

HUMAN BEHAVIOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PHOTOGRAPH; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84929600674     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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