Attitudes Towards Street Flowers in Sapporo

Todorova, Assenna; Asakawa, Susumu; Aikoh, Tetsuya

doi:10.5632/jila.65.717

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“…Significantly and starkly different preference ratings between winter dormancy and foliation, then again between foliated and senescent scenes, support the finding that brown and orange-brown trees are disliked and green trees are liked (Kaufman and Lohr, 2004). Moreover, the nonsignificant difference between foliated and flowering scene preference means conflicts with suggestions that flowers made scenes more ''beautiful,'' in at least one study (Todorova et al, 2004).…”

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Preference, Complexity, and Color Information Entropy Values for Visual Depictions of Plant and Vegetative Growth

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2015

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Few have examined the relationship between landscape color changes, landscape complexity, and laypersons’ visual preference ratings. We examined whether depictions of visual changes to plant and vegetative colors affect preference ratings, estimations of complexity, and computed color information entropy values. Photographs depicted four visual states of plant growth—winter dormancy, foliation, flowering, and senescence—in color at four locations on each of three landscape architecture project sites in New York and Pennsylvania. Participants viewed and evaluated the scenes depicted in the photographs for preference (n = 52) and estimated the presence of complexity (n = 47). A multiparadigm numerical computing environment performed algorithmic functions to calculate Shannon information entropy values of perceptual and categorical colors for each photograph. The visual changes depicted significantly affected perceptual color information entropy values, but significant effects were not found in three contrasts between values for the four stages of plant and vegetative growth. Preference ratings for foliated scenes were significantly higher than those for dormant and senescent scenes. Respondents’ complexity estimations for foliated scenes were lower than those of flowering and senescent, yet complexity and preference did not correlate. Preference correlated strongly and positively with perceptual color information entropy, which may help predict landscape preference. However, the presence of green foliage may affect preference more than perceptual color information entropy within scenes.

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“…Two studies suggest that flowering scenes are highly preferred. Respondents have shown a preference for flowering herbs and grass along an English roadside (Akbar et al, 2003) and flowers in street plantings (Todorova et al, 2004). The following final hypothesis addresses these findings:…”

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Preference, Complexity, and Color Information Entropy Values for Visual Depictions of Plant and Vegetative Growth

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2015

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“…However, if residents favour street flowers, many of them may be willing to be involved with their planting and maintenance. The findings of Todorova et al (2002) regarding attitudes to street flowers showed that 43% of respondents thought that street flowers should be supplied by the city administration, with residents carrying out planting and maintenance. The same option was chosen by over half the respondents (55%) as a way to motivate residents' involvement in street flower planting and maintenance.…”

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“…In Hokkaido, where heavy snowfalls persist throughout a long winter season, the maintenance of shrubs or hedges along streets is difficult and costly, therefore flowers offer an obvious advantage to perennial shrubs. In a recent survey (Todorova et al, 2002) of a random sample of households in Sapporo, the majority of respondents agreed that street flowers contribute to the aesthetic quality of a street and many of the surveyed were reasonably willing to participate in the street flower planting and maintenance. It is evident that people appreciate flowers, however, a better understanding of their attitudes towards and preferences for street flowers colour and height can be useful for the future planning and maintenance of residential streets.…”

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Preferences for and attitudes towards street flowers and trees in Sapporo, Japan

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Asakawa

Aikoh

2004

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“…Establishing a sustainable bed is more expensive than a conventional bed but becomes more cost-effective in later stages when maintenance costs are much lower, even though maintaining such a bed requires more skilled labor. In addition, maintenance costs can be minimized by involving citizens who are willing to participate in the planting and maintenance of the beds with the support of the municipality, which would provide the planting material and a planting plan [ 32 , 33 ].…”

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Does the Use of Perennials in Flower Beds Necessarily Imply Sustainability?

Poje,

Židovec,

Prebeg

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Green spaces are becoming increasingly important for cities due to the growing pressures of urbanization and climate change. Along with trees, shrubs, and lawns, flower beds are an important part of urban green spaces. The majority of flower beds in public spaces consist of annual and biennial flower species. Such seasonal flower beds feature eye-catching colors but require significant effort to maintain and manage. Compared to these conventional flower beds, those with herbaceous perennials are more ecologically effective and less costly to maintain, and therefore more sustainable. The aim of this research was to analyze flower beds with perennials in the public green spaces of the city of Zagreb and to develop a tool based on predefined criteria and indicators to evaluate the sustainability of flower beds. In the context of the research, sustainability meant appropriate selection of flower species based on environmental conditions (temperature, light, precipitation), species diversity, greater ground cover and extensiveness of maintenance. The research results showed that there were 327 flower beds with perennials planted in the ground. The constructed Flower Bed Sustainability Index (FBSI) showed that the majority of these perennial beds (56.3%) had a conventional character, as only 28.1% of the beds had a completely correct species selection. This result indicates that the use of perennials does not necessarily guarantee the sustainability of flower beds, since, as in the case of flower beds with seasonal flowers, it depends, among other things, on the correct selection of species adapted to local environmental conditions. The FBSI is shown to be a suitable tool for assessing the degree of sustainability of a flower bed and could be a useful tool in landscape design and management of such types of green spaces.

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Attitudes Towards Street Flowers in Sapporo

Cited by 5 publications

References 11 publications

Preference, Complexity, and Color Information Entropy Values for Visual Depictions of Plant and Vegetative Growth

Preference, Complexity, and Color Information Entropy Values for Visual Depictions of Plant and Vegetative Growth

Preferences for and attitudes towards street flowers and trees in Sapporo, Japan

Does the Use of Perennials in Flower Beds Necessarily Imply Sustainability?

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