The Characteristics of Urban Forests as Restorative Environments with the use of the Perceived Restorativeness Scale: focusing on the Hongneung Experimental Forest, Seoul, South Korea 城市森林作为恢复性环境的特征采用感知恢复性量表:聚焦于韩国首尔洪昂实验森林

作者:Younsun Jang, Yonghoon Son


关键词:心理恢复性、居住区、治疗空间、使用模式


摘   要:这项对洪昂实验森林(HEF)的实证研究旨在确定居住区的城市森林如何被用作恢复性环境。进行了一项基于感知恢复性量表的调查(n=232),以分析该量表的每个元素如何根据使用者的特征而有所不同,并确定使用模式与心理恢复性之间的关系。分析表明,HEF在居民区起到了恢复环境的作用。停留时间得分最高 (6.35),其次是远离 (5.97)、迷人 (5.59) 和兼容性 (5.47),而易读性 (4.81) 得分相对较低。基于性别、年龄、就诊频率和停留时间的心理恢复差异具有统计学意义。尤其是家庭主妇和老年人的心理恢复力大于男性。定期访问的频率越高(例如,每年1~2次),访客停留约3小时的可能性越大。在社会对城市森林的恢复性环境的需求中,这些环境在日常生活中是可利用的,这项研究的意义在于,它检验了城市森林作为恢复性环境的有效性,并从游客的角度提出了城市治疗空间规划的经验方向。然而,仅以HEF为例,概括城市森林的心理恢复性是有限的;因此,未来的研究需要对各种空间进行比较分析。




Abstract: The aim of this empirical study of Hongneung Experimental Forest (HEF) was to determine how urban forests in residential areas are being used as restorative environments. A survey (n = 232) based on the Perceived Restorativeness Scale was conducted to analyse how each element of the scale differed based on the user’s characteristics and to identify the relationship between use patterns and psychological restorativeness. Analysis showed that HEF played a role as a restorative environment in a residential area. The extent of stay received the highest score (6.35), followed by being away (5.97), fascination (5.59), and compatibility (5.47), whereas legibility (4.81) received a relatively low score. The differences in psychological restorativeness based on sex, age, visit frequency, and duration of stay were statistically significant. In particular, the psychological restorativeness for housewives and the elderly was greater than that for men. The greater the frequency of regular visits (e.g., 1~2 times per year), the more likely the visitor will stay for approximately 3h. In the midst of social demand for the restorative environments of urban forests that are accessible and available in everyday life, this study is significant in that it examined the effectiveness of urban forests as restorative environments and presented empirical directions from the visitor’s perspective for the planning of urban therapeutic spaces. However, there is a limit to generalizing the psychological restorativeness of urban forests with just the HEF as an example; therefore, future research is warranted to comparatively analyse various spaces.


Key: Psychological restorativeness, Residential area, Therapeutic space, Use patterns


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