The Effects of Urban Natural Environments on Preference and Self-Reported Psychological Restoration of the Elderly

Qiu, Ling; Chen, Qujing; Gao, Tian

doi:10.3390/ijerph18020509

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“…Moreover, serene and nature were placed in the middle, indicating that artificial lake spaces were relatively calm, clean, and natural. This result was consistent with the previous study, which showed that blue spaces like open artificial lake spaces could provide tranquility to people (Gao et al, 2019;Qiu et al, 2021). On the one hand, water can absorb noise to create a better soundscape; further, human activity sounds were concentrated densely on the water bank, resulting in a decrease of tranquility (Dinda and Ghosh, 2021).…”

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The Effects of Artificial Lake Space on Satisfaction and Restorativeness of the Overall Environment and Soundscape in Urban Parks

Fang²,

Gao³

et al. 2021

Front. Built Environ.

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Several studies have proven that soundscape in blue space is conducive to human health and well-being, but few studies have explored which blue space characteristics would contribute to a better soundscape and visiting experience. Therefore, an on-site questionnaire investigation was conducted at two artificial lakes in Xi’an, China. The eight Perceived Sensory Dimensions (PSDs) as a landscape assessment tool were applied to identify the characteristics of artificial lake space in urban parks. The results showed that (1) In artificial lake space, overall environment and soundscape reached a very satisfactory level in general, while the respondents’ perceived level of overall restorativeness and soundscape restorativeness as just medium, which indicated that the quality of artificial lake space needs to be improved. (2) According to people’s perceptions, artificial lake spaces had the most obvious characteristics of prospect, social and space; serene and nature were medium; refuge, rich in species, and culture were the least. (3) The eight PSDs of artificial lake space, except for social, were positively correlated with soundscape satisfaction, overall satisfaction, soundscape restorativeness, and overall restorativeness. Moreover, among them, serene was the most significant characteristic in artificial lake space. These findings could be instructive to the design of urban parks with artificial lakes for improving users’ visiting satisfaction and restorativeness.

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Section: Representation Of the Eight Psds In Blue Spacesupporting

confidence: 92%

The Effects of Artificial Lake Space on Satisfaction and Restorativeness of the Overall Environment and Soundscape in Urban Parks

Fang²,

Gao³

et al. 2021

Front. Built Environ.

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“…Ayala-Azcárrag et al 2019;Bringslimark et al 2009;Hedblom et al 2019;Kaplan and Kaplan 1989;Kuo and Sullivan, 2001;Scopelliti et al 2018;Ulrich 1984;1986;White and Gatersleben 2011). A number of studies based on the Biophilia hypothesis (Wilson 1984), Attention Restoration Theory (ART) (Kaplan and Kaplan 1989) and the Stress Reduction Theory (Ulrich 1983) provided empirical evidence that wildlife has multiple benefits for human health and well-being (Berto 2005;Hartig et al 2014;Jarvis et al 2020;Laumann et al 2001;Qiu et al 2021). The importance of nature for people is also taken into account by programs and strategies related to urban policy (Hoyle et al 2017;Evensen et al 2021).…”

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The impact of plants offering cover on female students’ perception of danger in urban green spaces in crime hot spots

Lis

Pardela

Iwankowski³

et al. 2021

Landsc. Online

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Urban parks and forests are important for wellbeing, but feelings of unsafety limited their usage. Removal of vegetation from hotspots of fear is sometimes recommended as a means of boosting safety. However such actions should be approached with caution. One explanation, based on prospect-refuge theory, is that plants increase perceptions of danger because of their contribution to a setting’s effectiveness in concealing criminals. It is also believed that people do not like urban green spaces parks containing trees and shrubs that can act as hiding places because of the sense of danger that this vegetation evokes. To test this explanation, participants rated 57 photos of urban parks and forest parks settings park settings on perceived danger, effectiveness of concealment, and landscape preference. In addition, the effectiveness of concealment in the photos was measured assuming that the value of this variable is expressed by the percentage of the pixels occupied by trees and shrubs offering concealment in a photograph. Results confirmed that concealment and danger are highly correlated mediation analysis confirmed that the impact of concealment on preferences can be explained by perceived danger. When the danger was controlled, the efficiency of concealment had no influence on preferences.

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“…Another explanation for this result may be that moderate complexity is most preferred (Ulrich, 1986), low complexity is perceived as monotonous and boring, while high complexity confusing (van den Berg & van Winsum-Westra, 2010). Moderate complexity correspondingly induces psychological restorative benefits because of the close ties between preference and mental restoration (Qiu et al, 2021; Wang & Zhao, 2020). Although no literature concretely defines moderate complexity, the videos with two or more landscape elements used in this study may have a high complexity due to the fact that respondents experience a path landscape within 2 min or 150 m travel, and the videos with one element possess a low complexity.…”

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Effects of Landscape Types and Complexity Along Path on Mental Restoration

Zhao

Wang

2022

HERD

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Aim: This study checked the effects of landscape types and complexity along path in urban green spaces on perceived restorativeness, so as to provide guidance for path landscape design. Background: Paths in urban green spaces are not only the connections between places but also places for visitors reducing mental stress and seeking psychological well-being. However, there is a lack of evidence-based research on the effects of landscape composition along the path on restorative quality, failing to provide a cohesive guideline for practice. Methods: Fourteen videos representing the popular path landscapes in urban green spaces were produced using computer software by adding or/and deleting elements and controlling environmental components. The restorative quality of these videos was measured by Short-version Revised Restoration Scale (SRRS). Statistical analysis was employed to treat the data and checked the effects of different landscape types and complexity on restorative quality. Results: (1) A significant difference in restorative quality between 14 path landscapes was found, comparatively, the path containing lawn or(and) forest was much better than that containing bamboo and waterscape, and bamboo was a negative predictor of restorative quality; (2) waterscape generally reduced the restorative quality of vegetated path landscape, especially when the landscape possessed higher restorative quality; (3) path landscape complexity had a weak influence on restorative quality. Conclusions: This study explains how path landscapes affect mental restoration of users, and these findings contribute to enhancing the restorative quality of urban green spaces and have applications for path landscape design.

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The Effects of Urban Natural Environments on Preference and Self-Reported Psychological Restoration of the Elderly

Cited by 34 publications

References 56 publications

The Effects of Artificial Lake Space on Satisfaction and Restorativeness of the Overall Environment and Soundscape in Urban Parks

The Effects of Artificial Lake Space on Satisfaction and Restorativeness of the Overall Environment and Soundscape in Urban Parks

The impact of plants offering cover on female students’ perception of danger in urban green spaces in crime hot spots

Effects of Landscape Types and Complexity Along Path on Mental Restoration

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