Article
Environmental Sciences
Yi Mei, Lili Xu
Summary: This study investigates the thermal neutral temperature of the outdoor space of Hangzhou West Lake and the thermal environment sensation of the youth group. The results show the thermal neutral temperature, thermal neutral temperature range, and acceptable thermal temperature range of the area. It is found that the youth group has the highest acceptance of the thermal environment in spring and autumn.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Remote Sensing
Derya Gulcin, Nermin Merve Yalcinkaya
Summary: This study aims to predict people's visual aesthetic preferences based on fluency theory and correlate these preferences with landscape types and features. The results show that vegetation and geological forms are the most significant features for people's visual aesthetic liking, and historical buildings and remains also hold important visual aesthetic value.
GEO-SPATIAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Xue Zhang, Haitao Hu, Xuhui Wang, Qianqian Tian, Xingyao Zhong, Lina Shen
Summary: The Masson Pine forest communities in the South Lake Scenic Area, the most visited provincially administered park in Hanzhong City, are degrading. Evaluating the impacts of landscape degradation and repairing the degraded community structure are crucial for restoring the environment of the southern Qinling Mountains. The area has experienced an increase in the degradation of vegetation cover in the past 20 years, with a larger area of degraded cover compared to improvement, and decreasing landscape connectivity and woodland patches subject to human disturbance.
Article
Environmental Studies
Paul J. Kelsch
Summary: This paper investigates the landscape along the George Washington Memorial Parkway and compares it to landscape paintings, revealing the complexities of landscape ideology. The paper argues that the parkway is a projection of certain values on the land and emphasizes the importance of this approach for the stewardship of visual resources.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Nor Shafikah Idris, Muzzneena Ahmad Mustapha, Norela Sulaiman, Shamsul Khamis, Shahril Mohd Husin, Nurul Darsani Ahmad Darbis
Summary: This research used multi-temporal Landsat satellite images to analyze the changes in land use and land cover in mangrove areas from 2002 to 2017, revealing increases in mangrove vegetation cover along riverbanks and decreases influenced by land-use activities. Proper management is necessary to prevent further loss of mangrove areas and ensure the sustainability of firefly ecotourism.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Erich Tasser, Alexandros Lavdas, Uta Schirpke
Summary: Clouds in landscape photographs can have an impact on people's preferences. The color contrast between clouds and the blue sky may attract attention. Therefore, landscape preference studies should consider not only the cloudiness of the sky, but also control the proportion of sky in different pictures to obtain comparable results.
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xin Wang, Kangning Xiong, Meng Zhang, Xi Zhao
Summary: This study systematically reviewed the aesthetic value of World Heritage karst sites and identified key scientific issues and future research directions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Xin Li, Xiangrong Wang, Xin Jiang, Jingyi Han, Ziyao Wang, Danzi Wu, Qing Lin, Liang Li, Shiyang Zhang, Yang Dong
Summary: Canalized rivers, a product of urbanization, greatly contribute to the aesthetics of a city. However, there is limited research on the visual quality of urban canalized rivers. This study uses deep learning to establish a predictive model for the aesthetic quality of urban riverside greenways. The model identifies trees and bridges as important factors affecting the aesthetic quality, with trees positively correlated and bridges negatively correlated. This model can be useful for evaluating and predicting the aesthetic quality of urban canalized riverside landscapes.
JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Guoyi Wei, Zhao Yang, Chaozhong Liang, Xuewei Yang, Shuiming Zhang
Summary: The protection of urban lakes is crucial for the development of cities and the preservation of the ecosystem. This study focused on the ecological problems and contradictions in the Chaohu Lake Basin in China, using landscape ecology as the perspective. By utilizing the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and geographical information system (GIS), the researchers evaluated the landscape pattern and ecological sensitivity. The findings revealed different sensitivity levels in the study area, with highly sensitive areas in the highlands and medium sensitivity levels in the lowlands. Based on these results, three ecological zones were proposed for the restoration of the local ecological environment in a sustainable manner.
Article
Forestry
Menglin Xu, Hajime Matsushima
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate, quantify, and grade landscape quality from the perspective of subjective human aesthetic needs and objective landscape visual sensitivity. Through the selection of high-quality landscape viewpoints and the use of the minimum cumulative resistance model, optimal paths were determined to connect the viewpoints while considering ecological resistance. This method provides scientific decision support for sustainable landscape planning and enhances the effectiveness of viewpoints.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Miao Kang, Xiongbin Guo, Shoufu Li, Jincheng Fan, Yufei Xu, Weiye Gu, Teng Wang
Summary: This study focuses on in-depth research and exploration of construction waste recycling technologies. By repurposing construction debris, it achieves resource reutilization and waste reduction. The reliability of this technology has been demonstrated through the Xi'an Meibei Lake Scenic Area construction waste embankment project, offering significant potential for widespread application.
ADVANCES IN CIVIL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Kota Mameno, Takahiro Kubo, Hiroyuki Oguma, Yukihiro Amagai, Yasushi Shoji
Summary: Climate change could degrade alpine landscapes, threatening their benefits to society. However, maintaining the aesthetic value of alpine landscapes in national parks could have significant economic benefits, according to a study using choice experiments and digital images manipulation.
Article
Ecology
David Serrano Gine, Maria Yolanda Perez Albert, Amalia Vaneska Palacio Buendia
Summary: This article compares two traditional aesthetic landscape assessment models, the psychophysical model and the psychological model, and finds that while both tend to coincide in locating positive ratings, they produce divergent results overall. The psychological model generates more and better ratings, with a correlation between places visited by users and those with the best assessment. The main reason for the divergence between the two models is their different rationale, and they should be seen as complementary rather than as replacements for each other.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Ling Wang, Mengting Ge, Naiguang Chen, Jiahui Ding, Xiwei Shen
Summary: This study examined the river plant landscape in the suburbs surrounding Shanghai and proposed a comprehensive evaluation model for it. The researchers classified the riparian landscapes into four types based on their characteristics and relationships with the environment and bioclimate. They evaluated the landscapes using specific formulas and proposed optimization strategies based on the analysis of existing problems.
Article
Environmental Studies
Hugo Castro Noblejas, Jose Maria Orellana-Macias, Matias Francisco Merida Rodriguez
Summary: The aim of this study is to incorporate vegetation cover into quantitative techniques for identifying and classifying urban landscape types in the Mediterranean coastal area. The urban landscape units of three zones in southern Spain were analyzed, and a methodology was designed that can be extrapolated to other similar urban spaces. Through the analysis of urban morphology variables and vegetation data, six predominant urban landscape typologies were identified.
