Aesthetics and safety in traffic environments.

Author(s)
Drottenborg, H.
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Abstract

Road aesthetics, an area of great interest to engineers, architects and landscape architects, is relevant from a traffic safety point of view, since it influences road users' perception and behaviour. A possible relationship between aesthetics and safety is described through inter-disciplinary research within arts and aesthetics, environmental psychology and traffic safety. This work has revealed less tangible areas of road design in which both architects and engineers may find potential support when planning for an aesthetically positive road environment taking into consideration human characteristics. For the covering abstract see ITRD E122795.

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Library number
C 31078 (In: C 31058 [electronic version only]) /21 /82 / ITRD E122815
Source

In: Road user characteristics with emphasis on life-styles, quality of life and safety : proceedings of the 14th workshop of the International Cooperation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety ICTCT, Caserta, Italy, October 25-27, 2001, p. 196-200, 8 ref.

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