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- Title
An Exploration of Relationships Among the Responses to Natural Scenes Scenic Beauty, Preference, and Restoration.
- Authors
Han, Ke-Tsung
- Abstract
This study argues that although scenic beauty, preference, and restoration are correlated due to their functional significance over evolution, they still can be distinguished from one another within natural landscapes. A total of 274 undergraduate students reported their responses with scenic beauty, preference, and restoration as the target variables while viewing 48 landscape slides of six biomes. In addition, a group of three judges evaluated three physical features presented in the landscape slides as controlling and descriptor variables, described as "complexity," "openness," and "water features." Statistical analyses showed that (a) the three target variables were all significantly and highly (rs > 0.94, p < 0.05) correlated; (b) the only mediated relationship among the target variables was preference mediating scenic beauty and restoration; and (c) scenic beauty and preference versus restoration could be distinguished from each other with respect to the types of natural landscapes and the three physical features.
- Subjects
LANDSCAPE gardening; BIOTIC communities; LEGAL professions; POPULATION biology; ECOLOGICAL carrying capacity; RESTORATION & Early 18th-Century Drama (Book); NATURAL landscaping; FORESTS & forestry; GARDEN design
- Publication
Environment & Behavior, 2010, Vol 42, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
0013-9165
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1177/0013916509333875