Park user preferences for establishing a sustainable forest park in Taipei, Taiwan

Huang, Shu‐Chun Lucy

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2014.10.002

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“…Therefore, research should focus on the physical and mental health benefits brought by growing indoor plants. However, few studies on the nature-generated benefits to physical-mental health [9,10] have investigated indoor plants. One review found only 21 studies using experiments to determine the mental health benefits of indoor plants [3].…”

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Effects of Indoor Plants on Self-Reported Perceptions: A Systemic Review

Han

Ruan

2019

Sustainability

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Bringslimark, Hartig, and Pati conducted a literature review of empirical studies investigating the psychological benefits of indoor plants, all of which adopted an experimental design and were written in English. However, the researchers did not follow the rigorous Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) protocol. Additionally, the reviewed data were obtained at least a decade ago, and thus require an update. Therefore, the present article reports a systemic review of the quantitative empirical research (in English and Chinese) exploring the effects of indoor plants on subjective psychological perceptions. The information sources were mainly Web of Science (1900–) and WANFANG DATA (1980–), in which only empirical studies using quantitative methods were selected. The eligibility criteria were studies (1) involving any participants, (2) regarding indoor plants (real or surrogates) as an intervention, excluding those equipped with a power-driven biofilter, (3) involving comparators to facilitate within-subject and between-subject comparisons, (4) presenting psychological perceptions as outcome measures, and (5) of all study designs. The two authors collected 45 journal papers (with 50 studies in total). The (1) authors and publication years, (2) participants’ nationalities, sex, and age, (3) number of interventions, (4) duration of plant exposure, (5) participant–plant distance, (6) experiment room size, (7) room climate (i.e., lighting, temperature, and humidity), (8) study designs (i.e., experimental, field experimental, quasi-experimental, field quasi-experimental, or survey designs), and (9) self-reported perceptions (i.e., emotion, cognition, health, restoration, thermal comfort, productivity, and satisfaction) were identified and reviewed. These 50 studies were also analyzed for their quality. Most had moderate research quality. The synthesized results of the reviewed studies showed that the most noticeable effects of indoor plants on participants were increasing positive emotions and reducing negative feelings, followed by reducing physical discomfort. Because members of the general public today spend most of their time indoors and are faced with increasingly severe problems associated with physical–mental health and wellbeing, the application of indoor plants to improving people’s physical–mental health is worth exploring.

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Effects of Indoor Plants on Self-Reported Perceptions: A Systemic Review

Han

Ruan

2019

Sustainability

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“…The majority of existing experiments of indoor plants have involved highly concentrated pollutants in small closed fumigation chambers, and these experiments have not investigated the effects of distance from indoor plants. Greater proximity to the plant should yield more favorable effects, considering that air purification and microclimate regulation rely on plant photosynthesis, adsorption, respiration, transpiration [27], and soil microbes [22,25]. Additionally, objective conditions of the physical environment (i.e., air quality, temperature, and humidity) should also influence subjective psychological perceptions (e.g., preference, emotions, and comfort).…”

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Effects of Indoor Plants on the Physical Environment with Respect to Distance and Green Coverage Ratio

Han

2019

Sustainability

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Few studies have conducted experiments in daily living environments to examine the effects of indoor plants on objective aspects of the physical environment. This study examined the effects of plant distance and green coverage ratio on the objective physical environment and subjective psychological perceptions, along with the correlation between the objective physical environment and subjective psychological perceptions regarding indoor plants. A randomized control trial of plant distance and green coverage ratio was conducted in a room located in the basement of a university building in Taiwan. Aspects of the objective physical environment were measured using air quality detectors. Subjective psychological perceptions were evaluated based on the questionnaire responses of 60 undergraduates. The results revealed that (1) regardless of number of plants, the closer the plant, the higher the CO2 level; (2) more indoor plants resulted in higher CO2 and humidity and lower PM2.5, PM10, and temperature; and (3) the lower the levels of fine and suspended particles in the air were, the stronger were the feelings of preference, naturalness of the environment, and pleasure in participants. Indoor plants that can regulate indoor air quality and microclimates without consuming energy warrant greater attention and wider application.

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“…To promote environmental and natural conservation with carbon reduction, Taiwan's government announced that both the public and private sectors can enhance ecological communities by means of SFM [65,[67][68][69][70]. Thus, the above issues can be a basis for the evaluation of the achievements of SFM [62,71,72].…”

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“…From the perspectives of domestic environmental groups and international initiatives, the Forestry Bureau, and relevant government regulations, recognize that forestry policy would have to adapt to the SFM and FSC programs [65,71]. The Forestry Bureau has attempted to solve any negative impacts of third-party forest certification based on FSC principles [65].…”

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Conducting an Evaluation Framework of Importance-Performance Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in a Rural Area

Chen

Tseng

Cheng

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Forests

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We established an evaluation framework for sustainable forest management (SFM) development based on locals’ perspectives using the importance-performance analysis (IPA) method in a rural area of Taiwan. It identified the factors that affected local people’s participation in and awareness of SFM based on local demographics, development factors of SFM, and perceptions of SFM, through the logistic regression method (LRM). Both the levels of importance and performance (I-P) of the SFM indicators were rated by the local residents and the differences between importance–performance among indigenous and non-indigenous people were examined. The factors that affected differentiation of local people’s participation in the SFM program were: (1) forestry workers, (2) indigenous people, and (3) SFM development factors. The findings provide both theoretical constructs and policy implications for SFM mechanisms for the forest stewardship council (FSC) and sustainable development goals (SDGs) in a sustainable rural development.

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Park user preferences for establishing a sustainable forest park in Taipei, Taiwan

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

Effects of Indoor Plants on Self-Reported Perceptions: A Systemic Review

Effects of Indoor Plants on Self-Reported Perceptions: A Systemic Review

Effects of Indoor Plants on the Physical Environment with Respect to Distance and Green Coverage Ratio

Conducting an Evaluation Framework of Importance-Performance Analysis for Sustainable Forest Management in a Rural Area

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