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Landscape Visual Studies in Urban Setting and its Relationship in Motivational Theory

Year: 2015

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Increasing number of botanic gardens in Malaysia shows that botanic gardens are important to the urban citizens. Visitors are motivated to visit these gardens for many reasons. The reasons were appreciation of plant aesthetics values, design of the gardens, visual qualities and recreational purposes. Other reasons were social interaction, psychological, health and ecological function. This study focused on factors that motivate the visitors to visit Penang Botanic Gardens and their profile. One of the factors that contributed to visitation is the visual elements in the gardens.

Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.01.006

Authors: Noriah Othman, Noralizawati Mohamed, Mohd Hisham Ariffin, Mohd Ali Waliyuddin A. Razak

Institutions: Universiti Teknologi MARA System, Universiti Teknologi MARA

Language: English

Topic: Landscape and Cultural Studies

Subfield: Archeology

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2011235866

FWCI: 64.84

Cites: 19

Cited by: 15

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