Assessing the Preference and Restorative Potential of Urban Park Blue Space

Urban parks are essential parts of a city’s natural environment, and blue spaces of urban parks bring aesthetic and health benefits to people. However, the current blue spaces mainly focus on the marine environment or a giant water body scale at the urban or regional level. The urban park blue space...

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Autores principales:	Shixian Luo, Jing Xie, Katsunori Furuya
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	aesthetic preference blue space landscape characteristics restorative potential urban park Agriculture S
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7b82493b8e5f4c7491254d80b94cebda2021-11-25T18:09:51ZAssessing the Preference and Restorative Potential of Urban Park Blue Space10.3390/land101112332073-445Xhttps://doaj.org/article/7b82493b8e5f4c7491254d80b94cebda2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/11/1233https://doaj.org/toc/2073-445XUrban parks are essential parts of a city’s natural environment, and blue spaces of urban parks bring aesthetic and health benefits to people. However, the current blue spaces mainly focus on the marine environment or a giant water body scale at the urban or regional level. The urban park blue spaces (e.g., rivers, creeks, ponds) are relatively neglected. An experiment involving 10 different urban park blue spaces in Huanhuaxi park was conducted to assess urban park blue spaces’ aesthetic preference and restorative potential. The results indicated that (1) a water body with good water quality and natural visual form may be more attractive and have restorative potential; (2) blue spaces with high vegetation diversity are preferred, and artificial elements should be evaluated more carefully when added to the scene to avoid disharmony and conflict with the surrounding environment; (3) in practical design, the proportions of plants, buildings, topographical changes, and water should be coordinated to maintain the blue space’s landscape heterogeneity; (4) more leisure activities and interactions should be considered for better recovery; and (5) designers need to emphasize the balance of natural and man-made elements to enhance the visual quality of the water feature. This investigation is important for the management and development of leisure and natural resources in urban parks.Shixian LuoJing XieKatsunori FuruyaMDPI AGarticleaesthetic preferenceblue spacelandscape characteristicsrestorative potentialurban parkAgricultureSENLand, Vol 10, Iss 1233, p 1233 (2021)
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description	Urban parks are essential parts of a city’s natural environment, and blue spaces of urban parks bring aesthetic and health benefits to people. However, the current blue spaces mainly focus on the marine environment or a giant water body scale at the urban or regional level. The urban park blue spaces (e.g., rivers, creeks, ponds) are relatively neglected. An experiment involving 10 different urban park blue spaces in Huanhuaxi park was conducted to assess urban park blue spaces’ aesthetic preference and restorative potential. The results indicated that (1) a water body with good water quality and natural visual form may be more attractive and have restorative potential; (2) blue spaces with high vegetation diversity are preferred, and artificial elements should be evaluated more carefully when added to the scene to avoid disharmony and conflict with the surrounding environment; (3) in practical design, the proportions of plants, buildings, topographical changes, and water should be coordinated to maintain the blue space’s landscape heterogeneity; (4) more leisure activities and interactions should be considered for better recovery; and (5) designers need to emphasize the balance of natural and man-made elements to enhance the visual quality of the water feature. This investigation is important for the management and development of leisure and natural resources in urban parks.
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title	Assessing the Preference and Restorative Potential of Urban Park Blue Space
title_short	Assessing the Preference and Restorative Potential of Urban Park Blue Space
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Assessing the Preference and Restorative Potential of Urban Park Blue Space

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