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Visual pollution : advertising, signage and environmental quality

Title
  1. Visual pollution : advertising, signage and environmental quality / by Adriana Portella, Oxford Brookes University, The Joint Centre for Urban Design, UK.
Published by
  1. Burlington : Ashgate Pub. Company, [2014]
Author
  1. Portella, Adriana.

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Description
  1. xxv, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Design and the built environment series
Uniform title
  1. Design and the built environment series.
Subject
  1. Au€enwerbung
  2. Public spaces
  3. Signs and signboards
  4. Stadtkern
  5. Öffentlicher Raum
  6. Aesthetics
  7. Ästhetische Wahrnehmung
Contents
  1. Introduction -- The theoretical debate -- User's perception and cognition of the built environment -- Consumer culture, marketing the city and urban tourism -- Reviewing commercial signage controls in different countries -- The empirical investigation -- Empirical investigation : England and Brazil -- People's quality of life and commercial signage control management -- User's preference and satisfaction with historic streetscapes -- Commercial signage and building design : positive and negative factors -- Conclusion: what is needed to enhance visual quality in historic and commercial city centres? -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Bibliography -- Appendices.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Note
  1. Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 297 -307) and index.