Fractal dimensions for streetscape visual complexity analysis

Abstract

Streetscape visual complexity can be measured in various ways including subjective and objective methods. In this paper an attempt was undertaken to compare the subjective judgments of streetscape visual complexity with the fractal dimension calculations of the streetscapes. The commercial streetscapes around Kita Urawa Station at Saitama Prefecture, Japan were selected for the study. The perspective views of the streetscapes were displayed to a group of subjects and their judgments on the streetscape visual complexity was measured using a Likert scale. Grayscale perspective images of the same streetscapes were used for the fractal dimension calculations. Both subjective and objective experiment results demonstrated a good correlation depicting the use of fractal dimensions for streetscape visual complexity analysis is a prolific task.