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Effects of seasonality on visual aesthetic preference

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  • Wenyan Xu
  • Bin Jiang
  • Jingwei Zhao

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Seasonality is a typical feature of landscapes in temperate regions. Seasonality’s effects on visual aesthetic quality (VAQ) are widely recognised but not well understood. To address this gap, 10 sample sites were selected to represent the diversity of urban green spaces in Xuzhou, eastern China, which has a typical temperate monsoon climate. Photographs of the 10 sites were acquired in eight typical months to capture seasonality. Online surveys were used to evaluate the VAQ of the photographs. The mean value of the coefficient of variation of 16 landscape characteristics of a site during the seasons was used to represent seasonal diversity. The results indicated that: (1) the autumn landscape was the most preferred, and the winter landscape was the least preferred; (2) there was a significantly inverted U-shaped relationship between year-round VAQ and seasonal diversity. This is the first study to define seasonal diversity and its effect on VAQ.

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  • Wenyan Xu & Bin Jiang & Jingwei Zhao, 2022. "Effects of seasonality on visual aesthetic preference," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(3), pages 388-399, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:47:y:2022:i:3:p:388-399
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2022.2039110
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