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Tables of Contents for The Evaluative Image of the City
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
2
Acknowledgments
ix
1. The Evaluative Image of the Environment
1
16
Likability
2
2
Building the Evaluative Image
4
2
Identity, Structure, and Likability
6
4
Precedents
10
7
2. Measuring Community Appearance
17
18
Speculative Versus Empirical Approaches
21
4
Domain of Study
25
3
Importance of Community Appearance
28
2
A Theoretical Framework
30
5
3. Two Cities
35
24
Knoxville
38
10
Chattanooga
48
7
Relevance of the Evaluative Responses
55
4
4. The Elements of Urban Likability
59
22
Distinctiveness, Visibility, and Use/Symbolic Significance
61
1
Likable Features
62
12
Complexity
74
2
Interrelationships, Context, and Contrast
76
2
City Structure and Experience
78
3
5. Evaluating the Method
81
18
The Method
82
2
Usefulness
84
1
Validity and Reliability
85
6
Refining the Method
91
8
6. Other Dimensions of the Evaluative Image
99
30
Sixth Graders' View of a Small Town
99
5
An Inner-City Neighborhood
104
4
Multiple Meanings in Vancouver
108
2
Multiple Meanings in Tokyo
110
7
Newcastle: Day and Night
117
1
A Neighborhood: Day and Night
118
6
A Commercial Strip
124
2
Summing It Up
126
3
7. Shaping the Evaluative Image
129
10
Some Generic Appearance Guidelines
131
2
Using the Method for Design Policy
133
3
Future Directions for Design and Research
136
3
Appendix: Visual Quality Programming
139
18
Form of Data Collection
140
2
Selection of Observers
142
3
Presentation of the Environment
145
5
Assessing the Environment
150
7
References
157
13
Author Index
170
4
Subject Index
174
8
About the Author
182