Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
  • Alerts
  • ASLA Research Grant
  • Other Publications
    • UWP

User menu

  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in

Search

  • Advanced search
Landscape Journal
  • Other Publications
    • UWP
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • My alerts
  • Log in
Landscape Journal

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Content
    • Current
    • Archive
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Subscribers
    • Institutions
    • Advertisers
  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Editorial Board
  • Connect
    • Feedback
    • Help
  • Alerts
  • ASLA Research Grant
  • Follow uwp on Twitter
  • Visit uwp on Facebook
Research ArticlePeer-Reviewed Articles

Seasons of the Year and Perceptions of Public Spaces

Agnieszka Szczepańska and Katarzyna Pietrzyk
Landscape Journal, January 2021, 40 (2) 19-35; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/lj.40.2.19
Agnieszka Szczepańska
Agnieszka Szczepańska is a Research Fellow at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. She has been awarded the professor title in the Architecture and Urban Planning Science at Gdańsk University of Technology. She has worked as a real estate appraiser. Her interests are in urban planning, urban development and suburbanization process, public spaces, perception of space, the spatial analysis, property and land valuation, and decision making processes.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
Katarzyna Pietrzyk
Katarzyna Pietrzyk is a doctoral student at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. Her specialization is land management, characteristics of space, public spaces, and spatial information systems. Her research areas are revitalization, characteristics of space, the spatial analysis.
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF
Loading

Abstract

Public spaces exert a direct influence on quality of life, which is why their qualitative and quantitative attributes should be evaluated. In the literature, public spaces have been assessed with various methods, but external conditions, including season, weather, and time of day, and internal conditions, such as lighting and color, have rarely been evaluated. These factors affect the appearance of public spaces, and they can play an important role in assessments and perceptions of space. The presence of such relationships was verified by evaluating the same public space in four seasons of the year. Assessments were based on color photographs. Public spaces were evaluated in a survey where questionnaires were filled out by the respondents at time intervals. The survey was anonymous, and it was conducted online. The population sample comprised 111 people, including local residents and people residing in other parts of Poland. The results of the study clearly indicate that seasons directly affect perceptions of public spaces.

KEYWORDS
  • Urban public space
  • perceptions and assessments of space
  • seasons of the year
  • colors
  • © 2021 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

This article requires a subscription to view the full text. If you have a subscription you may use the login form below to view the article. Access to this article can also be purchased.

Log in using your username and password

Forgot your user name or password?

Log in through your institution

You may be able to gain access using your login credentials for your institution. Contact your library if you do not have a username and password.
If your organization uses OpenAthens, you can log in using your OpenAthens username and password. To check if your institution is supported, please see this list. Contact your library for more details.
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

Landscape Journal: 40 (2)
Landscape Journal
Vol. 40, Issue 2
1 Jan 2021
  • Table of Contents
  • Table of Contents (PDF)
  • Index by author
  • Back Matter (PDF)
  • Front Matter (PDF)
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Landscape Journal.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
Seasons of the Year and Perceptions of Public Spaces
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Landscape Journal
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Landscape Journal web site.
Citation Tools
Seasons of the Year and Perceptions of Public Spaces
Agnieszka Szczepańska, Katarzyna Pietrzyk
Landscape Journal Jan 2021, 40 (2) 19-35; DOI: 10.3368/lj.40.2.19

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Share
Seasons of the Year and Perceptions of Public Spaces
Agnieszka Szczepańska, Katarzyna Pietrzyk
Landscape Journal Jan 2021, 40 (2) 19-35; DOI: 10.3368/lj.40.2.19
Digg logo Reddit logo Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One
Bookmark this article

Jump to section

  • Article
  • Info & Metrics
  • References
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • No related articles found.
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • No citing articles found.
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • The Olmsteds and the Land-Grant Universities
  • The Vanishing Landscape of the Southern West Virginia Coalfields
  • Protecting the Identity of Sheep-Farming Landscapes in the Outer Carpathians: A Typology, Delimitation, and Interpretation
Show more Peer-Reviewed Articles

Similar Articles

Keywords

  • urban public space
  • perceptions and assessments of space
  • seasons of the year
  • colors
UWP

© 2023 Landscape Journal

Powered by HighWire