By Dr Frank Xue
Department of Real Estate and Construction
Although the world population is migrating to cities (UNPD 2014), urban planners and citizens find it challenging to optimize the visibility of nature and landscape for windows in cities, especially in high rise, high-density areas. The Covid-19 pandemic recently has limited people’s physical access to nature in many places, further amplifying the benefits of high-quality window views. Consequently, high-quality window views, as a scarce resource, have been found to have considerable influence on real estate values and sustainable urban development in terms of neighborhood satisfaction, psychological and physical well-being, and urban planning and design (Benson et al. 1998; Bishop et al. 2004; Jim & Chen 2009; Baranzini Schaerer 2011).
