This article reviews current research in visual urban perception. The temporal sequence of
the first few milliseconds of visual stimulus processing sheds light on the historically …

Highly prevalent in nature, fractal patterns possess self-similar components that repeat at
varying size scales. The perceptual experience of human-made environments can be …

A review of findings from the field of environmental psychology shows that humans are
aesthetically attracted to natural contents and to particular landscape configurations. These …

Fractal geometry has been used to describe natural and built environments, but has yet to
be studied in navigational research. In order to establish a relationship between the fractal …

There is extensive evidence today linking exposure to natural environments to favorable
changes in mental and even physical health. There is also a growing body of work indicating …

Despite recent progress in the research of people's emotional response to the environment,
the built—rather than natural—environment's emotional effects have not yet been thoroughly …

Context continually influences cognition and behavior, whether walking down a quiet rural
street or a busy city. Research in urban design and placemaking argues that different urban …

The present paper addresses the question which visual features trigger people's often more
positive affective responses to natural compared to built scenes. Building on notions about …

Contemporary cities have high stress levels, mental health issues, high crime levels and ill
health, while the built environment shows increasing problems with urban heat island effects …

This brief communication wants to draw greater attention to the role of physical environment
in the psychological restoration process. Given the benefits deriving from contact with …