Perceptions of parks and urban derelict land by landscape planners and residents |
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| Authors: | Mathias Hofmann Janneke R Westermann Ingo Kowarik Elke van der Meer |
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| Institution: | 1. Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Technikforschung (Center for Interdisciplinary Technology Research), Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany;2. Department of Ecology, Technische Universität Berlin, Rothenburgstr. 12, 12165 Berlin, Germany;3. Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany;1. Department of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy;2. Via Tuscolana 909, I-00174 Roma, Italy;3. Istituto Sperimentale Ferrovie dello Stato, Via Scandriglia 7, I-00199 Roma, Italy;1. Technische Universität Berlin, Ecosystem Science/Plant Ecology, Rothenburgstr. 12, D-12165 Berlin, Germany;2. Freie Universität Berlin, Plant Ecology, Altensteinstr. 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany;1. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Insubric Ecosystems Research Group, via Belsoggiorno 22, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland;2. ETHZ, Group Society, Environment and Culture, Institute for Environmental Decisions, Sonneggstrasse 33, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland;3. Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Conservation Biology Research Group, via Belsoggiorno 22, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland;4. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, Department of Socioeconomics, Ackerstrasse 113, CH-5070 Frick, Switzerland;1. Tishman Environment and Design Center, The New School, 79 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA;2. Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management, Milano School of International Affairs, Management and Urban Policy, The New School, 72 Fifth Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10011, USA;1. Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, 239 Huay Kaew Road, Tumbol Suthep, Amphoe Mueang, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand;2. Smart Energy Design Assistance Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1 St. Mary’s Road, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA;3. Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 611 Lorado Taft Drive, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA |
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| Abstract: | As urban green spaces are important for residential satisfaction, human preferences are a key criterion in their design. However, preferences may vary between landscape planners and residents, which may result in differences between residents’ demands and the actual design. With urban derelict land becoming an important part of the urban green infrastructure, information about the perception and acceptance by residents compared to formal urban parks is important for their planning and design. It was thus examined how different types of urban green spaces are perceived by landscape planners and residents. Criteria for the classification of green spaces used by both participant groups were compared, as were the criteria that influenced preference.Participants sorted and rated photographs of parks and urban derelict land in two different tasks. Hierarchical cluster analyses and multidimensional scaling analyses were used to characterize the participants’ perceptual space. By conducting multiple regression analyses the resulting perceptual dimensions were related to preference.The identified perceptual criteria used to distinguish green spaces were degree of canopy closure, artificiality vs. naturalness, prospect, physical accessibility, and beauty. For residents, the degree of canopy closure was the most important criterion for classification; for landscape planners, it was artificiality. Preferences varied between groups: whereas landscape planners preferred rather natural areas with low accessibility and high species richness, the residents showed a greater preference for formal parks.As a practical implication, the study suggests that residents generally accept urban derelict land as recreational areas if a minimum of maintenance and accessibility is provided. When designing green spaces, landscape planners may consider these differences in their preferences compared to residents. |
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