英文摘要 |
The objectives of this study were to explore the factors that affect perceptions of naturalness of landscapes and to examine and compare the relationships between landscape preferences and perceived naturalness in different environmental contexts. One hundred pictures taken at different parks with randomly assigned place labels (national park/urban park) were selected as stimuli for this study. For each picture, respondents were requested to rate their perceptions regarding abundance of vegetation, spontaneous nature, quantity of manmade elements, landscape health, naturalness, and preference on a scale of 1 to 10. Study results indicated that perceived naturalness is positively correlated to the abundance of vegetation, spontaneous nature, and landscape health, while it is negatively correlated with quantity of manmade elements. It is inferred that people will have higher standards with regard to perceived naturalness in a natural environment than in urbanized environments. Regarding the different labels, the same picture was perceived to be more natural when it had an urban park label than when it had a national park label. Additionally, a linear relationship exists between preference and perceived naturalness for the national park group, while an inverted U-shape curve was found between perceived naturalness and landscape preference for the urban park group. |