Residents’ urbanized landscape preferences in rural areas reveal the importance of naturalness-livability contrast
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Residents’ urbanized landscape preferences in rural areas reveal the importance of naturalness-livability contrast. / Yang, Gaoyuan; Yu, Zhaowu; Luo, Tao; Kristensen, Lone Søderkvist .
In: Journal of Geographical Sciences, Vol. 32, No. 8, 2022, p. 1493-1512.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Residents’ urbanized landscape preferences in rural areas reveal the importance of naturalness-livability contrast
AU - Yang, Gaoyuan
AU - Yu, Zhaowu
AU - Luo, Tao
AU - Kristensen, Lone Søderkvist
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, Science in China Press.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - landscape change
KW - landscape characters
KW - landscape planning
KW - landscape preference
KW - residents
KW - rural areas
KW - urbanized landscapes
U2 - 10.1007/s11442-022-2007-4
DO - 10.1007/s11442-022-2007-4
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85135453630
VL - 32
SP - 1493
EP - 1512
JO - Journal of Chinese Geography
JF - Journal of Chinese Geography
SN - 0375-5444
IS - 8
ER -
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