{"id":46076,"date":"2026-03-24T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46076"},"modified":"2026-03-23T13:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T13:43:28","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-what-makes-a-city-beautiful-what-ratings-of-thousands-of-urban-landscapes-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=46076","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: What makes a city beautiful? \u2026 what ratings of thousands of urban landscapes reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Royal_Crescent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Royal_Crescent.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Royal_Crescent.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Royal_Crescent-300x105.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The_Royal_Crescent-768x268.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-707e74dcb7f51905806a82a6c3fa0b79 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image for illustration:<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_Royal_Crescent.jpg\"> The Royal Crescent, Bath by Michael D Beckwith, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <em><u>The Conversation<\/u><\/em>\u2019s UK edition explores the \u2018hows\u2019 and \u2018whys\u2019 of buildings that \u2018leave such an impression when you visit them that they can be forever summoned to the mind\u2019s eye\u2026 <em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The Conversation<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As psychologists with a particular focus on wellbeing, we\u2026 wanted to understand how people value different urban settings \u2013 and which types of building they view most positively\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How we tested urban \u2018scenicness\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our study combined two large datasets \u2013 the first from Scenic-Or-Not, a website where people rate the \u2018scenicness\u2019 of photographs taken throughout Britain&#8230; to compare the ratings of views with and without listed buildings\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our study, the average scenicness of English urban areas was 2.43 out of 10 \u2013 significantly lower than how people rate the scenicness of natural environments\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Impact of different features on scenicness rating:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photographs in which the most prominent listed building was either grade I or grade II* listed were perceived more scenic than those featuring slightly less historically or architecturally significant (grade II) buildings\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-makes-a-city-beautiful-heres-what-ratings-of-thousands-of-urban-landscapes-reveal-276319\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: The Royal Crescent, Bath by Michael D Beckwith, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The Conversation\u2019s UK edition explores the \u2018hows\u2019 and \u2018whys\u2019 of buildings that \u2018leave such an impression when you visit them that they can be forever &hellip; 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