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Mims, James L. 1953-, "Rated preference, complexity and familiarity for neo-traditional and modern development patterns using alternative visual medium." (2005 This dissertation examines the impact of complexity and familiarity on visual preference for two content domains defined as Neo-Traditional and Modem. This research has five main themes:1.To detennine if there is a method for community design professions to derive consensus about visual preference. 2.To detennine if visual preference favors conventional suburban development patterns or traditional neighborhood development patterns. 3.To detennine if scene complexity or coherency influences visual preference. 4.To detennine if familiarity of scene content affects visual preference. 5.To detennine ifvisual preference for a simulated scene correlates with its photographic counterpart.To respond to these objectives the research steps included:Assembling a photographic library of street scenes throughout the Louisville, Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio metropolitan areas. 2.Categorizing the photographic library into three property value ranges described as low, medium and high. 3.Determining through ratings by a panel of experts which of the photographs best represented Neo-Traditional and Modem development patterns. 4.Preparing digital visualizations oftwo of the photographs selected by the panel of experts. 5.Submitting the photographs and images to a population sample of 304 people enlisted through the internet, and having those respondents rate the photographs and images on the basis of visual preference, scene familiarity and scene complexity.