Aesthetic assessment of a man-made landscape: the Pécs urban area, Hungary

Authors

  • Péter Gyenizse Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Institute of Geography, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary Author
  • László Nagyváradi Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Institute of Geography, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary Author
  • Ervin Pirkhoffer Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Institute of Geography, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary Author
  • Levente Ronczyk Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Institute of Geography, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary Author

Keywords:

Aesthetic value, Urban landscape, Visual preference, GIS, Pécs (Hungary)

Abstract

Subjectivity is a major problem in the assessment of landscape visual qualities, especially in built up areas. This paper field-tests a quantitative method for visual quality assessment which is based on social survey results, used to define a weighted visual quality scale, which is then calculated and cumulated for each pixel covering land deemed visible from a particular lookout point and converted into map format through a GIS system. This case study of the visual quality in the neighbourhoods of the city of Pécs suggested a north to south decline in the visual quality the the urban landscape. However, different modes of calculation produce widely different results and the approach awaits both refinement and ground-truthing.

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2024-06-19

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Research and review papers

How to Cite

Gyenizse, P., Nagyváradi, L., Pirkhoffer, E., & Ronczyk, L. (2024). Aesthetic assessment of a man-made landscape: the Pécs urban area, Hungary. Geografia Fisica E Dinamica Quaternaria, 30(2), 175-178. https://www.gfdq.glaciologia.it/index.php/GFDQ/article/view/323

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