Visual Aesthetic Quality Assessment of Urban Forests: A Conceptual Framework

Mundher, Riyadh; Bakar, Shamsul Abu; Al-Helli, Marwah; Gao, Hangyu; Al-Sharaa, Ammar; Yusof, Mohd Johari Mohd; Maulan, Suhardi; Aziz, Azlizam

doi:10.3390/urbansci6040079

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“…We discussed the description of the urban design qualities and the criteria to measure them with three experts from the field of urban design concerning the measures of the four main visual qualities along the routes (legibility, coherence, complexity, and mystery). The consensus standards for each aspect of urban design are listed in Table 2 [73,74]. Then, based on the criteria for each visual quality, we asked these three experts to walk along each pathway and rate its level.…”

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Design Characteristics, Visual Qualities, and Walking Behavior in an Urban Park Setting

Paydar,

Kamani Fard,

Gárate Navarrete

2023

Land

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The design characteristics of urban parks’ pathways are important in facilitating leisure walking and maintaining the minimum rate of physical activity, thus improving public health. This study examined and explored the relationships between design characteristics as well as certain visual qualities of Cautin Park, the biggest urban park in the Araucanian Region of Chile, and the tendency for walking as well as walking behavior. A mix of quantitative and qualitative methods was used to examine the objectives. Several design attributes were found to be related to the tendency for walking and the walking behavior in this urban park, including greater pathway width, more vegetation, tranquility along the pathways, and more comfortable pathway environments for pets. Additionally, these correlations were assessed based on gender and age, and it was found that adolescents showed the greatest difference from other groups. For instance, adolescents walk significantly more along pathways with more connectivity to activity zones. Among the visual qualities, only legibility shows a significant correlation with the number of all types of pedestrians, as well as subgroups of adolescents, adult men, and adult women. These results were reviewed, and their implications were discussed. Urban planners and designers could apply these findings when designing future urban parks in this context.

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Design Characteristics, Visual Qualities, and Walking Behavior in an Urban Park Setting

Paydar,

Kamani Fard,

Gárate Navarrete

2023

Land

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“…According to the attention recovery theory, which discusses the relationship between the experience of natural environments and involuntary attention, the increase in sensory stimulation in forest environments usually occurs without the need to actively devote attention and thus reduces the brain's tension in conscious tasks and helps the brain to achieve rest and recovery. For instance, forests are typically associated with attractive natural landscapes and peaceful surroundings [27]. Additionally, the sounds of birds chirping, water flowing, and wind blowing within forests are often experienced as enjoyable [28].…”

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Forest Visitors’ Multisensory Perception and Restoration Effects: A Study of China’s National Forest Parks by Introducing Generative Large Language Model

Wei,

Hou

2023

Forests

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Sensory perception of forests is closely related to human health and well-being. Based on attention recovery theory and stress relief theory, this paper investigates the influence of sensory perception of forests on visitors’ restoration effects from a multidimensional and multisensory perspective, integrating the use of a generative large language model, regression analysis, and semantic analysis. The results of the study show that (1) the application of a generative large language model provides new ideas and methods to solve the dilemma caused by the traditional self-report scale measurement and provides a possible way to explore a new research paradigm in the context of the rapid development of generative artificial intelligence; (2) the effects of each sensory quantity differed, with the sensory quantities of sight, hearing, touch, and taste having a significant positive effect on visitors’ restoration effects, and the sense of smell having a significant negative effect on visitors’ restoration effects; (3) sensory psychological distance partially had a significant effect on visitors’ restoration effects, both proximal psychological distance and distal psychological distance were significantly correlated with visitors’ restoration effects, and intermediate psychological distance had a negative effect on visitors’ restoration effects, but the effect was not significant; (4) the sensory dimension has a significant positive effect on visitors’ restoration effects, the integration and synergistic effect of the senses are enhanced, and multidimensional sensory cross-perception has a positive effect on visitors’ restoration effects at the social health level; and (5) the sensory elements of National Forest Parks that influence visitors’ restoration effects are mainly natural attributes, and the elements related to “people” also play an important role in visitors’ restoration effects. This study provides a useful complement to the study of forest sensory perception, and at the same time has an important reference value for exploring the management of forest recreation experience and sensory marketing practices.

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“…It is known that aesthetic quality predicts aesthetic emotions through aesthetic evaluation [ 45 ]. The level of visual pleasure regarding nature has been the focus of researchers, for example, in the context of urban forests [ 46 ]. Landscapes and also all natural phenomena, especially those that evoke a sense of awe and respect in humans, can elicit admiration, appreciation, and be perceived aesthetically.…”

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The unexplored territory of aesthetic needs and the development of the Aesthetic Needs Scale

Świątek,

Szcześniak,

Borkowska

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Human needs, and their fulfillment, are the building blocks of human development, personality, and well-being. However, no published paper in the field of psychology has focused on exploring aesthetic needs. Maslow (1986) gave the topic little more than a paragraph; and Dweck [1], in her elegant Unified Theory of Motivation, Personality, and Development, never mentions aesthetic needs. The aim of this article is to describe developing a scale for measuring the intensity of aesthetic needs. The structure, psychometric properties, and criterion-related validity of the scale were verified with three independent samples (total N = 592). The results of an EFA and two CFAs indicated a three-factor structure: 1) the need to aestheticize everyday life (aesthetic experiences of everyday objects and events unrelated to art, such as the presentation of food or the appearance of a workspace, etc.); 2) the need for contact with aesthetic creations (the arts); 3) the need to aestheticize the built and natural environments (urban spaces, architecture, parks, wild nature, etc.). In addition, our criterion-related convergent validity studies have shown that people with high aesthetic needs are characterized by experiencing more intense experiences in contact with works of art, have higher aesthetic competence in art, are more intensely involved in four forms of beauty, have a higher ability to integrate beauty, a stronger trait gratitude, curiosity about nature, greater sensitivity to disgust, and the need for internal and external stimulation. This scale may prove useful in research on individual differences and the psychology of aesthetics.

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Visual Aesthetic Quality Assessment of Urban Forests: A Conceptual Framework

Cited by 20 publications

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Design Characteristics, Visual Qualities, and Walking Behavior in an Urban Park Setting

Design Characteristics, Visual Qualities, and Walking Behavior in an Urban Park Setting

Forest Visitors’ Multisensory Perception and Restoration Effects: A Study of China’s National Forest Parks by Introducing Generative Large Language Model

The unexplored territory of aesthetic needs and the development of the Aesthetic Needs Scale

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