Differences in the Physiological and Psychological Effects of Walking in Various Satoyama Landscapes

Kasetani, Tamami; Okumura, Ken; Yoshida, Syouko; Takayama, Nobuki; Kagawa, Takahide

doi:10.5632/jila.70.569

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“…There are differences in walkers' perceptions depending on the composition of the space observed [7,8,12,20,39]. Figure 3 shows that the visitors enjoyed different elements at different points in the landscape.…”

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“…The respondents were asked to evaluate their locations by assigning a rating to the 16 parameters listed in Table 2 and to record their purpose for visiting, the walking route they took that day, and how they perceived the selected site. The ratings were assigned values on a seven-point modified Likert scale (with two extremes, one of which was 1, meaning "Hardly think" or "Hardly like", and the other being 7, meaning "Think very much" or "Like very much") [1,9,[18][19][20][32][33][34]46,47]. The surveys were administered from August to November 2013 on days of good weather.…”

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“…Differences in the biophysical and environmental features of forests are the essential reasons for variations in landscape evaluation [16,19,20,30,[32][33][34]38,45]. Based on several previous studies [1,8,9,12,[18][19][20]38,46] and our previous research [42], 16 parameters related to landscape attributes and respondents' perceptions were assigned to three categories-impressions, behavior, and overall evaluation (Table 2)-were investigated to describe the landscape quality of the four locations and to analyze the effects of walking distance and experience on evaluation. The first group of questions addressed respondents' impressions of the forest landscape based on their senses, including vision, hearing, and touch.…”

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“…Shirafuji et al clarified the differences between how people evaluated images of a forest landscape and the actual location in their study [32]. Consequently, several students were invited to visit the forests for walking evaluations [20,21,[33][34][35][36]. Although Daniel and Boster (1976) reported that students and Catholic Church group adults were most representative of the general public [25], several authors thought the backgrounds of the people resulted in differences in preferences [16,37].…”

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“…These results suggest that outdoor activities, such as forest bathing and walks through forests, meet a crucial social need. Therefore, provisions for walking paths and spaces where people can enjoy the forest experience are important [16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

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Forest planners are interested not only in forest spaces that visitors prefer but also in the preferred spatial arrangements of landscape features. In this study, we aimed to clarify walkers' evaluations of four landscape locations composed of various scenic features in various spatial arrangements along forest walking routes. We also analyzed the trends, differences, and common features associated with different walking distances and experiences. The results are summarized as follows: (1) The walkers' evaluations changed depending on the elements of the scene they observed and the spatial arrangements of those elements. The visitors preferred silent environments in forest spaces to the sounds of a stream. Meanwhile, they appreciated a good view in an open area. (2) The length of a walk prior to visiting a location on a route affected walkers' evaluations of that location. For example, a special landscape feature was more positively rated by the respondents who visited the location late in their walks than those in the early and middle walking stages. However, the early-passage walkers were more pleased by touching natural objects such as rocks and large trees than those later in their walks. (3) Analysis revealed that the ratings of certain parameters differed according to the route taken to a location, whereas other ratings remain unchanged. Consequently, we must consider the effects of spatial properties of scenic factors on OPEN ACCESSForests 2015, 6 2854 people's perceptions in forest planning. (4) Walkers provided similar ratings on three parameters within forest landscapes-"Open feeling", "Regular landscape" and "Natural" feel-even in the middle and near the end of their walks. Conversely, locations with water elements led to variations in parameter ratings that were maintained until the end of a person's walk. Based on these results, we suggest that positive walking experiences can be maintained by considering the open feeling, regularity, and natural landscape in all three passage stages in planning walking routes.

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