TY  - BOOK
AU  - Portella, Adriana
TI  - Visual pollution : : advertising, signage and environmental quality 
SN  - 9780754675341
U1  - 659.1342 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Surrey
PB  - Ashgate
KW  - Signs and signboards
KW  -  Public spaces
KW  -  Aesthetics
N1  - Introduction -- The theoretical debate -- User's perception and cognition of the built environment -- Consumer culture, marketing the city and urban tourism -- Reviewing commercial signage controls in different countries -- The empirical investigation -- Empirical investigation : England and Brazil -- People's quality of life and commercial signage control management -- User's preference and satisfaction with historic streetscapes -- Commercial signage and building design : positive and negative factors -- Conclusion: what is needed to enhance visual quality in historic and commercial city centres? -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Bibliography -- Appendices
ER  -