Volume 8, Issue 9 (September 2021), Pages: 94-101

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 Original Research Paper

 Title: Visual pollution manifestations negative impacts on the people of Saudi Arabia

 Author(s): Mohamed Ahmed Said Mohamed ^{1, 2,} *, Ahmed Osman Ibrahim ¹, Yakubu Aminu Dodo ³, Faizah Mohammed Bashir ⁴

 Affiliation(s):

 ¹Architectural Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia
 ²College of Architecture and Planning, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan
 ³Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Istanbul Gelisim University, Istanbul, Turkey
 ⁴Department of Interior Design, College of Engineering, University of Hail, Hail, Saudi Arabia

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5118-5821

 Digital Object Identifier: 

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.09.013

 Abstract:

Visual pollution takes many forms, but it shares its essence with regard to its relationship to confusion in the brain's processing of inconsistent visual inputs, which negatively affects the individual's health in general, and in particular his mental and psychological health. This research is shedding light on the benefits and significance of physiological health positive impacts aspects of visual pollutions. It also highlights the problems associated with Visual prolusion and suggested the way and significance of removal and getting rid of it. Negative visual views are surveyed and documented by displaying some pictures reflecting the current view of the visual pollution. It also displays the directives and plans of the ministry of municipal and rural Affairs to remove and get rid of visual pollution in the kingdom. The paper suggested that policies should be created, rules should be activated and different media should be encouraged to aware people of the importance of the removal of Visual pollutions and its hazardous on people's health as well as the general view of the environment. 

 © 2021 The Authors. Published by IASE.

 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords: Negative impact, Visual pollution, Visual pollution manifestations, Physiological aspects

 Article History: Received 1 April 2021, Received in revised form 13 June 2021, Accepted 27 June 2021

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Mohamed MAS, Ibrahim AO, and Dodo YA et al. (2021). Visual pollution manifestations negative impacts on the people of Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(9): 94-101

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