VISUAL PROPERTIES AND AFFECTIVE APPRAISALS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS AFTERDARK

The present study examined multiple relationships within and between t wo sets of variables - visual properties and affective appraisals-in n ight-time neighbourhood experience. Twenty-eight participants rated tw enty night-time neighbourhood scenes on 12 visual property variables a nd six affective appraisal variables. Canonical correlation revealed r elationships between evaluative and natural/open dimensions, arousal a nd disorder dimensions, and between behavioural active/safe and well-l it/visible dimensions. (C) 1997 Academic Press Limited.