摘要：The urban population, and consequently urban development, have increased in recent years and the urban silhouettes have been greatly affected. The aim of this study is to reveal how urban development affects urban skylines and urban identity aestheti-cally. The photographs of the eastern, northern and western fronts of Boztepe,an important landmark of the city ofTrabzon,from the 1900s,1950s and 2000s, were examined using the concept of entropy where the aesthetic measure could be digitized and the data were obtained. As a result of the comparisons, the positive and negative effects of urban development on urban silhouettes were digitized. It was deter-mined that the uncontrolled development of cities negatively affected the city skylines. The impacts of the new projects are determined in advance and sug-gestions are given to take the necessary measures.
关键词：Silhouette;Skyline;City Silhouette;Silhouette Analysis;Entropy;Digitization of Esthetics
