Context dependent sensory integration modulates landscape preference in urban parks
Yonghong Gan, Jiayi Li, Jiaqi Huang, Zhengbin Chen, Zhibiao Chen · 2026
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Description
Yonghong Gan and co-authors test, in a 2026 study, a new model of how people come to prefer one park landscape over another. City parks restore minds, yet planning still judges them mostly by looks. Perception, though, blends the senses in ways a visual checklist misses.
Data from three Chinese park types covered 472 people in a pooled analysis. The authors compared the classic element-adding model with their context-based holistic model. Sound and the harmony between sound and sight drove preferences in their results. Effects shifted across park zones with differing functions. Robust statistical estimates backed the pattern. Designing parks by ear as well as eye is the study's practical push.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yonghong Gan, Jiayi Li, Jiaqi Huang, Zhengbin Chen, Zhibiao Chen |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 57 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |