Abstract
In this article by reviewing the environmental aesthetics experience, natural townscape, and ecological assessment related concepts, ecological assessment is known as a process that pave the way for achieving a positive (pleasant) experience of natural aesthetics in natural townscape. In fact, it seems that ecological assessment and evaluation of the natural context should be the fundamental part in the process of urban design of large scale projects, which are developed to improve the quality of environment aesthetics experience. Since, ecological assessment of the context contributes to analysis and evaluation of those elements and aspects of the environment that provide human with better concentration to obtain more pleasant aesthetic experience. In this study, by performing ecological study, analysis, and assessment of the natural context of Darabad valley’s river, as one of the central urban and natural landscapes in Tehran, approaches and policies that are related to environmental aesthetics in this natural townscape are developed. These approaches and policies highlight better rehabilitation and restoration of the context of valley’s river, as a human real and public space; preservation, improvement, and understanding of ecological and biological resources; and increase of visual quality and enrichment of views and vistas in the river’s bed. The present analytical-descriptive case study has used several research methods such as literature, references, and visual documents review, and observation and simulation in the context of library and field investigations. key word: Environmental Aesthetics, Aesthetic Experience, Natural Townscape, Ecological Assessment, River of Darabad Valley.
Highlights
In halfofthet we ntiethce ntur y, environmental aesthetics related theoretical subjects and understanding the beauty of natural and artificial environments around human being were addressed more than ever
That’s why environmental aesthetics so reasons that if human intends to understand the importance of a serious experience of environmental aesthetics, he should know that the way to unlimited, pleasant, and creative understanding is to perceive the true essence of environment and nature
The experience of environmental aesthetics in natural urban landscape starts with an understanding of beautiful parts of the environment, ending with an understanding and perception of environment’s abilities in terms of preventing the limitation of the view towards natural and mountainous scenes Keeping the existing vegetation and developing it Permeating the vegetation into the urban tissue of the area of study Keeping aged vegetation in the area of study visual quality and increasing the mystery of environment pollution ecological health
Summary
In halfofthet we ntiethce ntur y, environmental aesthetics related theoretical subjects and understanding the beauty of natural and artificial environments around human being were addressed more than ever. Paying attention to this approach was a response to analytical aesthetic attitude towards understanding and perceptualization of the environment which argued that aesthetics and understanding natural and artificial environment around men are unimportant, subjective, and non-aesthetics due to the defects and failures of environment and nature and the way they are understood. The way natural and human-made environments, which with respect to analytical aesthetics was bounded by old paradigm of objective contemplation in sensory and superficial characteristics, are understood. An experience that can be rich and valuable in emotional and cognitive respects
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