摘要：In the context of research into aesthetic preferences, urban places
are often considered to be part of the same broad and overgeneral
category. The present study attempts to address this issue
and to explore a procedure that allows us to identify categories of
attractive and unattractive urban places. The research consists of
two studies. The first study involves adults from Malaga (Spain),
whereas the second study involves adults from Padova (Italy). The
samples of residents from the two cities were asked to identify the
most visually attractive and unattractive place of the city and rate
the place in terms of diverse variables: the perceived restorative
qualities (in terms of attention restoration theory) and the
aesthetic attributes used by Nasar (1994) to describe urban
environments. The most attractive place was generally either
¡°historic-cultural¡± or ¡°recreational places¡±, whereas the least
attractive was mostly in the ¡°housing¡± or ¡°administrative
categories¡±. The attractive place was considered more aesthetic
and more restorative regarding each of the variables than the least
attractive place. Aesthetic attributes do not predict attractiveness
whereas the perceived restorative potential predicts attractiveness
in both studies.
