Visual characteristics of roads: A literature review of people’s perception and Norwegian design practice

Blumentrath, Christina; Tveit, Mari Sundli

doi:10.1016/j.tra.2013.10.024

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“…The results of this work may help to address aesthetical aspects in road planning praxis, which has become a valued issue in the last decades [14] and can be applied in the decision-making process for potential investments to integrate new and existing motorways in the landscape. However, this study has limitations that open up new opportunities for further research.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, during this intense period of anthropization of the territory, roads have led to another way of perceiving the environment. These transport routes increase the opportunities of access, but are also a resource through which people come into contact with the landscape [13][14][15]. Due to the importance of roads in everyday life, the assessment of landscapes seen from roads is an important part of the landscape management.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, there are fewer studies that consider the effects on the perception of landscape quality of the aesthetic characteristics of the minor infrastructures of a road (such as overpasses and tunnels), and the landscape integration measures carried out in the project and maintained throughout the operation of the infrastructure (such as planting and embankment restoration) [27]. Few characteristics of road design have been studied with regard to their empirical perception [14]. Ref.…”

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Visual Landscape Quality as Viewed from Motorways in Spain

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Motorways are large infrastructures that alter the environmental resources in a territory, while constituting an important element through which the individual comes into contact with the landscape. Motorways are integrated in the landscape through their layout design and construction, the aesthetic details of minor structures (design and building materials) and the treatment of embankments and landscape planting. In this paper, we test the following hypotheses: motorway elements are related to the perception of landscape quality—from the point of view of the road users—and the aesthetic characteristics of minor infrastructures and planting affect the quality of the landscape perceived from the roads. These research questions were tested by comparing the visual quality of the landscapes captured in 128 photographs taken from sections of motorways in Spain. We compared the results obtained from (a) a photo-based method, and (b) the public’s landscape preferences determined using a survey of 737 people. The results show a correlation between the landscape quality values obtained using the model and the landscape preferences expressed by the public. We also found that the presence of the motorway elements and their aesthetic characteristics are significant in the users’ perception. These results can be applied in the decision-making process for potential investments to integrate new and existing motorways in the landscape.

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Visual Landscape Quality as Viewed from Motorways in Spain

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“…In tight conditions close to the travel section are planted trees with small diameter of trunk (Blumentrath and Tveit, 2014;Hopkinson et al, 2016) (Fig. 15).…”

Section: Foreign Experience Of Road Greeningmentioning

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Features of Streets and Urban Roads Greening in Ukraine and other Countries of the World

Tkachenko

Lytvynenko

Prusov

et al. 2020

Period. Polytech. Transp. Eng.

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The work is devoted to placement of streets and urban roads greening elements. The statistics of the road traffic fatalities rate as a result of ride on obstruction, in particular a tree in Ukraine, Poland, the USA, Denmark, have been analyzed. An unsatisfactory situation in Ukraine was confirmed, where the accident rate on roads with a fatal outcome is almost 10 times higher than in the safest countries of the world. The main functions of the streets and urban roads greening elements are generalized. There are: environmental protection (noise absorption, air purification from exhaust gases and pollination); decorating (creation of space for satisfaction of esthetic requirements of a person); accentuating; barrier etc. The greening elements of Ukraine streets and urban roads are classified and compared with the classifications of Queensland (Australia) and Poland. Current placement of greening elements in Poltava (Ukraine) streets was analyzed and the main disadvantages of placing greening elements were revealed. The normative requirements for the street and urban road greening elements placement in Ukraine, Queensland (Australia), Poland, Sweden, Denmark have been analyzed. Existing placement of the street and urban road greening elements in countries with high level of traffic safety were researched and the ways of improvement of existing street greening in Ukraine was found.

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“…On the basis of processed scientific works devoted to the visual perception of the environment (Bella, 2013;Blumentrath and Tveit, 2014;Borowsky et al, 2012;Bosurgi et al, 2013) identified the following factors that influence on the perception of road composition by drivers and passengers (Fig. 2).…”

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confidence: 99%