Organizing the Urban Landscape with Emphasis on Legibility, Using Visual Preference Technique (V.P.T) (Case Study: Khayyam Street of Qazvin)

Subject Areas : Urban Design

Hossein Najafi charmini ¹ , Maryam Khastou ²

1 - Student of Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

Received: 2014-03-05 Accepted : 2015-01-25 Published : 2015-04-01

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