PSYCHOMETRICAL STUDIES ON THE ROLE OF ROADSIDE BUILDINGS IN STREETSCAPE UNITY

Effects of roadside buildings height (H), frontage width (BW) and setback (SB) on streetscape unity were investigated. The authors drew 207 streetscape perspective scenes by XY-plotter assigning mean and standard deviation of three building attributes to each scene. These scenes were presented to respondents to rate the sense of oppression, enclosure and unity (disorder-uniformity). Curve fitting and multiple regression analysis techniques were applied to the obtained data. The results will help city planners and town designers predict and estimate the results of their plans.

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  Japan Society of Civil Engineers

  1-chome, Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku
  Tokyo,   Japan  160-0004
• Authors:
  • Shinohara, O
  • Yashiro, M
• Publication Date: 1985-1

Language

• Japanese

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 131-138
• Serial:
  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Proceedings
  • Publisher: Japan Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0578-3747

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aesthetics; Building; Height; Psychometrics; Regression analysis; Roadside; Streets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Setback line
• Old TRIS Terms: Reaction; Subjective
• Subject Areas: Construction; Data and Information Technology; Design; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00458127
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Information, Incorporated
• Report/Paper Numbers: N 353/IV-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1987 12:00AM