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Naturalness in the City: Demographic Groups’ Differences in Preference for Deciduous Landscape
- Source :
- Sustainability, Volume 13, Issue 14, Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 7615, p 7615 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021.
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Abstract
- In the past few years, deciduous landscape conservation has become a trend in China<br />however, the theoretical support is still limited, and the impact of demographic characteristics on people’s attitude toward deciduous landscape still needs to be explained. This study aimed at exploring the differences among demographic groups through Likert scale questionnaires of 981 respondents. The results show that of all characteristics, only age has a significant influence on deciduous landscape preference. However, there is a paradox for elderly people: they have the highest preference for deciduous landscape and the lowest intention to keep deciduous landscape in their lives at the same time. Moreover, the elderly tend to care about the underlying surface of deciduous landscape while the reliable predictor for other age groups is the color of fallen leaves. These findings can be useful for practical applications, which might guide future development of deciduous landscape planning and maintenance.
- Subjects :
- deciduous landscape
Geography, Planning and Development
0211 other engineering and technologies
TJ807-830
landscape preference
Landscape conservation
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
TD194-195
01 natural sciences
Renewable energy sources
Likert scale
Naturalness
Elderly people
GE1-350
China
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
elderly people
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
021107 urban & regional planning
aesthetic perception
Preference
Environmental sciences
Geography
Deciduous
business
Landscape planning
Demography
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20711050
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2974ea438296aa1e13f05a5329099c66
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su13147615