CLUSTERING PREDICTORS OF LANDSCAPE PREFERENCE IN THE TRADITIONAL SWEDISH CULTURAL LANDSCAPE: PROSPECT-REFUGE, MYSTERY, AGE AND MANAGEMENT

A common approach when predicting landscape preference is to use preference judgements to group landscape scenes and thereafter predict preference in the context of each of these categories. This study used an alternative method where no initial categorization was made and hence the result is based...

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Published in:Journal of environmental psychology 2000-03, Vol.20 (1), p.83-90
Main Author: HAGERHALL, C.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Environment. Ecology
Environmental psychology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Landscapes
Predictors
Preferences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sweden
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Summary:A common approach when predicting landscape preference is to use preference judgements to group landscape scenes and thereafter predict preference in the context of each of these categories. This study used an alternative method where no initial categorization was made and hence the result is based on ratings on all slides for all the variables. A broad sample of 119 subjects drawn from the public rated 60 colour slides for preference and seven other questions expressing the predictor variables. The slides were sampled to represent the half-open traditional Swedish cultural landscape as defined by an existing nature classification. The relationship between the questions was studied with cluster and factor analysis. Results show a connection between preference, exploring potential in the landscape and feelings of safety. This is consistent with results from studies using the traditional approach to predicting preference. In addition, a question involving management was clustered with ‘safety’, ‘preference’ and ‘explore’. This demonstrates that the degree of management is linked to the affective part of the experience of a landscape. Notable is that the result reflects a split in two types of questions: more emotionally and more cognitively based questions.
ISSN:0272-4944
1522-9610
DOI:10.1006/jevp.1999.0150