Emotional response to images of wind turbines: A psychophysiological study of their visual impact on the landscape

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-79

  Maehr, Anna M ^a   Watts, Greg R ^b   Hanratty, Jennifer ^a,c   Talmi, Deborah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Emotion; Psychophysiology; Visual impact; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POWER PLANT LABORATORIES; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS;

ATTITUDE; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL REACTIONS; EMOTIONAL RESPONSE; INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH; TURBINE APPLICATIONS; VISUAL IMPACTS;

WIND TURBINES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LANDSCAPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; VISUAL ANALYSIS; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84935018639     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.05.011     Document Type: Article

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