Visual Assessment of The Quality Of Landscape Design in Paya Indah Wetlands, Malaysia

Visual quality of landscape is becoming an important element in em-friendly design for nature-based tourism areas in Malaysia. However, the majority of the man-made landscape elements of nature-based tourism areas such as buildings do not harmonize with the natural environment and are considered...

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Main Author:	Hussein, Mohd Kher
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2005
Subjects:	Visual assessment - Landscape design - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6174/1/FRSB_2005_1.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.61742023-10-12T04:01:23Z Visual Assessment of The Quality Of Landscape Design in Paya Indah Wetlands, Malaysia 2005-11 Hussein, Mohd Kher Visual quality of landscape is becoming an important element in em-friendly design for nature-based tourism areas in Malaysia. However, the majority of the man-made landscape elements of nature-based tourism areas such as buildings do not harmonize with the natural environment and are considered as not em-friendly in design. A study was conducted in Paya Indah Wetlands aimed at assessing visual rating and perception of the man-made landscape using expert judgment technique. This study used selected photographs of the man-made landscape elements in Paya Indah Wetlands representing different types of buildings, park furniture, parking features, pedestrian facilities, drainage and signage. The scoring scheme for visual quality and landscape features was valued using the six basic design elements, namely, form, line, colour, texture, shape and space. Data were gathered from 100 experts using a structured questionnaire with surrogated photos, distributed equally among landscape architects and architects. The results revealed that the visual quality of Paya Indah Wetlands were categorized as moderate in quality, and some of the elements were considered as of poor quality. The results of regression analysis revealed that the visual rating was affected significantly by the respondents' age, sector of employment and professional memberships in certified bodies. The Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test revealed that the differences in visual rating differed with regards to the education background, sector of employment and professional membership. From the results, the basic design elements (form, line, colour, texture, shape and space) shouId be taken into consideration at the early stage in the design process to lend a higher visual quality to the wetland landscape of Paya Indah Wetlands. Visual assessment - Landscape design - Malaysia 2005-11 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6174/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6174/1/FRSB_2005_1.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Visual assessment - Landscape design - Malaysia Design and Architecture Mohamed, Noorizan English
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language	English English
advisor	Mohamed, Noorizan
topic	Visual assessment - Landscape design - Malaysia
spellingShingle	Visual assessment - Landscape design - Malaysia Hussein, Mohd Kher Visual Assessment of The Quality Of Landscape Design in Paya Indah Wetlands, Malaysia
description	Visual quality of landscape is becoming an important element in em-friendly design for nature-based tourism areas in Malaysia. However, the majority of the man-made landscape elements of nature-based tourism areas such as buildings do not harmonize with the natural environment and are considered as not em-friendly in design. A study was conducted in Paya Indah Wetlands aimed at assessing visual rating and perception of the man-made landscape using expert judgment technique. This study used selected photographs of the man-made landscape elements in Paya Indah Wetlands representing different types of buildings, park furniture, parking features, pedestrian facilities, drainage and signage. The scoring scheme for visual quality and landscape features was valued using the six basic design elements, namely, form, line, colour, texture, shape and space. Data were gathered from 100 experts using a structured questionnaire with surrogated photos, distributed equally among landscape architects and architects. The results revealed that the visual quality of Paya Indah Wetlands were categorized as moderate in quality, and some of the elements were considered as of poor quality. The results of regression analysis revealed that the visual rating was affected significantly by the respondents' age, sector of employment and professional memberships in certified bodies. The Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis test revealed that the differences in visual rating differed with regards to the education background, sector of employment and professional membership. From the results, the basic design elements (form, line, colour, texture, shape and space) shouId be taken into consideration at the early stage in the design process to lend a higher visual quality to the wetland landscape of Paya Indah Wetlands.
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author	Hussein, Mohd Kher
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title	Visual Assessment of The Quality Of Landscape Design in Paya Indah Wetlands, Malaysia
title_short	Visual Assessment of The Quality Of Landscape Design in Paya Indah Wetlands, Malaysia
title_full	Visual Assessment of The Quality Of Landscape Design in Paya Indah Wetlands, Malaysia
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granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department	Design and Architecture
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Visual Assessment of The Quality Of Landscape Design in Paya Indah Wetlands, Malaysia

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