Does awareness affect the restorative function and perception of street trees?

Lin, Ying-Hsuan; Tsai, Chih Chang; Sullivan, W. C.; Chang, Po Ju; Chang, Chun Yen

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00906

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“…In the short term, application and enhancements of the technique used here might be informative in joining the gap between remote sensing studies [14,15], studies of individual subjects in the field [16] or lab [8]. Possible applications include looking at routes taken to work and school or the relationship between objects in the environment versus those consciously perceived.…”

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Automated Image Sampling and Classification Can Be Used to Explore Perceived Naturalness of Urban Spaces

Hyam

2017

PLoS ONE

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The psychological restorative effects of exposure to nature are well established and extend to just viewing of images of nature. A previous study has shown that Perceived Naturalness (PN) of images correlates with their restorative value. This study tests whether it is possible to detect degree of PN of images using an image classifier. It takes images that have been scored by humans for PN (including a subset that have been assessed for restorative value) and passes them through the Google Vision API image classification service. The resulting labels are assigned to broad semantic classes to create a Calculated Semantic Naturalness (CSN) metric for each image. It was found that CSN correlates with PN. CSN was then calculated for a geospatial sampling of Google Street View images across the city of Edinburgh. CSN was found to correlate with PN in this sample also indicating the technique may be useful in large scale studies. Because CSN correlates with PN which correlates with restorativeness it is suggested that CSN or a similar measure may be useful in automatically detecting restorative images and locations. In an exploratory aside CSN was not found to correlate with an indicator of socioeconomic deprivation.

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“…Lin et al [8] demonstrated that drawing attention to street trees in images increased restorativeness value of those images suggesting that cognition has a role to play. Even in studies where awareness isn’t the main subject participants have their attention drawn to the natural aspects of the scenes as part of the procedure [3].…”

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Automated Image Sampling and Classification Can Be Used to Explore Perceived Naturalness of Urban Spaces

Hyam

2017

PLoS ONE

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“…To increase literacy and numeracy, children need to have access to nature, and at the very least, green and natural views of trees (Berman, Jonides, & Kaplan, ; Faber Taylor, Kuo, & Sullivan, ; Lin, Tsai, Sullivan, Chang, & Chang, ; Tennessen & Cimprich, ). As reviewed in Kuo, Browning, Sachdeva, Lee, and Westphal (), stress levels, concentration, and intrinsic motivation are likely strong factors in a child's success as a student.…”

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“…To increase literacy and numeracy, children need to have access to nature, and at the very least, green and natural views of trees (Berman, Jonides, & Kaplan, 2008;Faber Taylor, Kuo, & Sullivan, 2002;Lin, Tsai, Sullivan, Chang, & Chang, 2014;Tennessen & Cimprich, 1995).…”

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The benefits of trees for livable and sustainable communities

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Cavender

2019

Plants People Planet

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Societal Impact Statement Trees play a critical role for people and the planet. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the presence of trees and urban nature can improve people's mental and physical health, children's attention and test scores, the property values in a neighborhood, and beyond. Trees cool our urban centers. Trees are essential for healthy communities and people. The benefits that trees provide can help cities and countries meet 15 of the 17 internationally supported United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This critical review provides a comprehensive argument that trees should be considered an important part of the equation by project managers and civic leaders as we collectively work toward reaching these sustainability goals. Summary We live in an era influenced by humans to the point that the Earth's systems are now altered. In addition, a majority of the world's population live in cities. To meet the needs of people in a changing world, The United Nations General Assembly created the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG) to improve the quality of life for people. These broad goals outline the greatest challenges of our time. An effective strategy to assist in meeting these goals is to plant and protect trees, especially in cities where the majority of people live. This paper serves as a critical review of the benefits of trees. Trees promote health and social well‐being by removing air pollution, reducing stress, encouraging physical activity, and promoting social ties and community. Children with views of trees are more likely to succeed in school. Trees promote a strong economy and can provide numerous resources to the people that need them. While cities are getting hotter, trees can reduce urban temperatures. They provide habitat and food for animals. Finally, trees are valuable green infrastructure to manage stormwater. Money spent on urban forestry has a high return on investment. As we navigate this human‐dominated era, we need skilled people who understand the nuances of the built environment and trees as we strategically plan the cities of the future. The overwhelming evidence from the scientific literature suggests that investing in trees is an investment in meeting the UN SDG, and ultimately an investment for a better world.

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“…Research shows that about 90% of the information received by people in the environment comes from vision. The most commonly seen green landscape amongst residents is 3-D greening, as represented by street greening and neighbourhood trees [10]. The visual evaluation of 3-D greening enables an intuitive understanding of the greening level in residential areas [11].…”

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How green are residential areas? An analysis of community greening emerging multi-source geo-data

chen

2018

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Urban residential greening provides opportunities for social integration and 8 physical exercise. These activities are beneficial to promoting citizens' mental health, 9 relieving stress and reducing obesity and violent crimes. However, how to measure 10 the distribution and spatial difference of green resources in urban residential areas 11 have been controversial. This study takes the greening of urban residential units in 12 Shenzhen City as its research object, measures the various greening index values of 13 each residential unit, and analyses the spatial distribution characteristics of residential 14 greening, regional differences and influencing factors. Large sample of street view 15 pictures, urban land use and high-resolution remote sensing image data are employed 16 to establish an urban residential greening database containing 14,196 residential units. 17 This study proposes three greening indicators, namely, green coverage index, green 18 view index, and accessible public green land index, for measuring the green coverage 19 of residential units, the visible greening of surrounding street space and the public 20 green land around, respectively. Results show that (1) the greening level of residential 21 units in Shenzhen City is generally high, with the three indicators averaging 32.7%, 22 30.5% and 15.1%, respectively; (2) the types of residential greening differ per area; 23 and (3) the level of residential greening is affected by development intensity, location, 24 elevation and residential type. Such findings can serve as a reference for improving 25 the greening level of residential units. This study proposes an accessible public green 26 land index as a measure for the spatial relationship between residential units and 27 surrounding green spaces. It suggest that future green space planning should pay more 28 attention to the spatial distribution of public green land, and introduce quantitative 29 indicators to ensure sufficient public green lands around the walking range of 30 residential areas. 31 Key words: green coverage index; green view index; accessible public green land 32 index; greening characteristics; residential units; residential greening 33 1. Introduction 34 Urban greening, such as woodlands, shrubs, grasslands and other green spaces, is 35 a widely recognised element of urban landscapes [1,2]. The ecological effects of 36 urban greening include carbon sequestration, air purification, heat island effect 37 alleviation and stormwater runoff filtration and reduction [3,4]. Greening in 38 residential and surrounding areas is an important part of urban greening. Residential 39 urban greening provides opportunities for social integration and physical exercise, 40which are beneficial to promoting citizens' mental health, relieving stress and 41 reducing obesity and violent crimes [5,6]. 42In comparison with urban parks, street greening and neighbourhood trees play 43 more important roles in the lives of residents. They form green corridors in residential 44 areas and s...

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Does awareness affect the restorative function and perception of street trees?

Cited by 90 publications

References 56 publications

Automated Image Sampling and Classification Can Be Used to Explore Perceived Naturalness of Urban Spaces

Automated Image Sampling and Classification Can Be Used to Explore Perceived Naturalness of Urban Spaces

The benefits of trees for livable and sustainable communities

How green are residential areas? An analysis of community greening emerging multi-source geo-data

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