From preference to landscape sustainability: a bibliometric review of landscape preference research from 1968 to 2019

Yang, Gaoyuan; Yu, Zhaowu; Zhang, Jinguang; Kristensen, Lone Søderkvist

doi:10.1080/20964129.2021.1948355

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“…Empirical studies in environmental aesthetics have tended to investigate aesthetic preferences for different types of landscape, for example forests and savannahs ( Heerwagen & Orians, 1993 ) and how such preferences are associated with the landscape’s formal and structural properties (for reviews, see Ulrich, 1983 ; Yang et al, 2021 ). However, it is well-established that aesthetic preferences and experiences result from an interaction between stimulus properties and the way these properties are processed and integrated by the viewer ( e.g ., Jacobsen, 2006 ).…”

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“…Factors as diverse as whether a landscape is viewed during a pandemic-related lockdown, to demographic characteristics of the viewer such as cultural background and socio-economic status, are known to influence landscape preferences ( e.g ., Felisberti & Harrison, 2022 ; Swanwick, 2009 ; Yu, 1995 ). So far, though, there have been relatively few studies examining the role of psychological traits, such as personality and related person-centered constructs, in relation to aesthetic appreciation of the natural world ( Yang et al, 2021 ).…”

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Level of attention mediates the association between connectedness to nature and aesthetic evaluations of photographs of nature

Harrison¹

2023

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Aesthetic experiences of nature are associated with beneficial psychological and behavioural outcomes. We investigated in a laboratory study whether an individual’s level of connectedness to nature is associated with their aesthetic sensitivity to images of natural scenes, and whether the amount of attention allocated to the images mediated this association. Participants (N = 82) viewed 14 photographs depicting natural scenes and evaluated them on three aesthetic dimensions and completed the Connectedness to Nature (CN) and Openness to Experience (OtE) scales. CN positively predicted pleasure, beauty and aesthetic emotion, independently of OtE. The amount of attention participants paid to the images mediated the relationship between connectedness to nature and aesthetic pleasure, and connectedness to nature and beauty ratings. These findings extend our understanding by showing that attention is an important mechanism through which nature connectedness influences aesthetic responses of pleasantness and beauty in response to natural scenes. The findings have real-world implications as appreciation of the aesthetic qualities of nature is associated with a number of beneficial psychological outcomes.

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Level of attention mediates the association between connectedness to nature and aesthetic evaluations of photographs of nature

Harrison¹

2023

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“…People around the world were encouraged to stay at home during the outbreak of the pandemic, and the implementation of lockdown and physical distancing was responsible for saving millions of lives (Cheng et al 2021; Pouso et al 2021). However, due to quarantine measures considerably reducing residents' opportunities to move outside, the lack of social activities had a significant negative impact on people's moods (Yang et al 2021 a , 2021 b ). Symptoms of depression and anxiety increased in the early stages of lockdown (Balluerka Lasa et al 2020; Bu et al 2020).…”

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“…Thus, enhancing visual aesthetic quality of the restored landscape was the key to sustainable development. The aesthetic perception of restored landscapes being most studied included agricultural, river, and mining restoration landscapes (Yang et al 2021 a , 2021 b ), yet the aesthetic perception of karst landscape, which is one of the most crucial and fragile natural landscapes in the world covering 15% of the total terrestrial area, has been rarely explored.…”

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The COVID‐19 pandemic changes citizens' visual aesthetic perceptions and attitudes toward restored landscape in the karst area in China

Fan

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Restoration Ecology

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Landscape change caused by ecological restoration projects in the karst rocky desertification area of southwestern China has presented ecological benefits, yet the visual aesthetic perception of the restored landscape has received less attention. Meanwhile, given the unpredictable worldwide health emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it inspired us to be concerned about will citizens' aesthetic perceptions and attitudes to the change of restored landscape from pre-COVID-19 to during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizing an online survey, we explored citizens' visual aesthetic perceptions and attitudes to natural restored landscape (NRL) and managed restored landscape (MRL) on 757 citizens in Shilin Geopark (in Kunming, China), as well as how citizens' sociocultural backgrounds influence visual aesthetic preference. The results indicated that before the COVID-19 pandemic, the professionals preferred NRL, while the nonprofessionals presented a higher preference for MRL. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, both two groups showed a higher preference for NRL, which implied that the experience of lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic might awaken most citizens' preference for the NRL. Among different kinds of restored plant communities, the landscape dominated by shrubs was the most popular. Furthermore, gender, age, career type, education, region, and citizens' visit frequency were significantly correlated with visual aesthetic perceptions before the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, professional background, gender, and age did not show significant impacts on visual aesthetic perceptions anymore. These results highlight the necessity of understanding visual aesthetic perceptions in different sociodemographic groups to encourage natural succession and create a nature-based restored landscape in the karst area.

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“…Thus, researchers have explored human-landscape relationships from the landscape preference (LP) perspective (Purcell et al, 1994;Junker et al, 2008;Swanwick, 2009;Kaltenborn et al, 2010;Kalivoda et al, 2014;Bubalo et al, 2019). Many LP studies have foucused on the causes and effects of landscape change, especially how rural landscapes have been changing and people's perceptions towards them accordingly (Yang et al, 2021). For example, rural landscapes have been perceived to have changed from providing only production services (i.e.…”

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Residents’ urbanized landscape preferences in rural areas reveal the importance of naturalness-livability contrast

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Urbanization has caused significant landscape changes in rural areas, leading to the emergence of urbanized landscapes (ULs), which have been generally criticized by authorities and professionals. However, perceptions of ULs among local residents have rarely been studied. In this study, we chose five typical categories of ULs from rapidly transforming villages in Fujian Province, China -hardened water bank (HWB), big pavilion (BPA), big memorial arch (BMA), big ornamental lawn (BOL), and big square (BSQ) to do the study. We identified how these ULs were rated and ranked by on-site surveys, as well as how related aesthetic and multifunctional landscape characters (LCs) played a role. The results (N=550) showed that 1) residents supported the construction of ULs, and the most preferred category was that with the most natural elements (BOL) that was simultaneously well maintained. 2) For the residents, the longer they had resided in the village and the fewer connections they had with the city, the more in favor they were of the ULs, and the more eager they were for landscape change. In addition, residents with higher education and Communist Party of China membership valued the naturalness related LCs more highly. 3) Two contradictory preference features, naturalness and livability, should be well coordinated and balanced to construct an improved favorable village for the residents, to realize a balanced and sustainable development path. This study makes great theoretical contributions to landscape research and provides new insights into rural planning and construction.

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From preference to landscape sustainability: a bibliometric review of landscape preference research from 1968 to 2019

Abstract: HIGHLIGHTS• Landscape preference research was systematically reviewed using a bibliometric approach.• We assessed the evolution of landscape preference publication activities.• We identified the development potential of landscape preference research.

Cited by 23 publications

References 134 publications

Level of attention mediates the association between connectedness to nature and aesthetic evaluations of photographs of nature

Level of attention mediates the association between connectedness to nature and aesthetic evaluations of photographs of nature

The COVID‐19 pandemic changes citizens' visual aesthetic perceptions and attitudes toward restored landscape in the karst area in China

Residents’ urbanized landscape preferences in rural areas reveal the importance of naturalness-livability contrast

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