A cross-cultural comparison of preference for Korean, Japanese and Western landscape styles.
dc.contributor.author | Yang, Byoung-E | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Brown, Terry J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-09T03:03:53Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-09T03:03:53Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1988 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/161885 | |
dc.description.abstract | While there is a substantial empirical literature in landscape preference, little emphasis has been placed on cultural variation. This study is cross-cultural in two respects. Preferences of Koreans and Western tourists in Korea were compared. In addition, three l and scape styles (Korean, Japanese, and Western) were examined. For each style, the l and scape elements of water, vegetation, and rock were included for analysis. Forty scenes representing combinations of these l and scape styles and l and scape elements were used in a photo-questionnaire. The 660 respondents (550 Korean people and 110 Western tourists in Korea) were asked to rate each scene on a five-point preference scale. Guttman-Lingoes Smallest Space Analysis III (SSA-III) and ICLUST were used to reduce the data set to meaningful and manageable groups. The research results showed both similarities and differences between the preferences of the cross-cultural groups. Both Koreans and Westerners seemed to prefer l and scapes of Japanese style to either Korean or Western styles. Respondents also preferred l and scape styles foreign to their own culture over styles derived from their own cultural backgrounds. Furthermore, the existence of a specific l and scape element, water, vegetation, or rock in a scene seemed to have a powerful influence on preferences of the respondents regardless of cultural differences. Water in a landscape scene was found to most strongly enhance preference for the scene. By contrast, the presence of rock in a scene seemed to decrease the preference for the scene. The major differences between Korean and Western groups were found in perceptual categories. Korean people seemed to be more directed toward landscape elements while Western tourists were more inclined to perceive landscape style as a coherent cluster. In addition, the Western group had higher preference score for each scene than the Korean group. Based on the findings, some design implications for the landscape design process were also suggested by the juxtaposition of elements, repetition, visual access, focalization, and existence and softness of certain landscape elements that were seen in the photo-questionnaire. | |
dc.format.extent | 198 p. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.title | A cross-cultural comparison of preference for Korean, Japanese and Western landscape styles. | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.description.thesisdegreename | PhD | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Architecture | |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Urban planning | |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Psychology | |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Recreation | |
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantor | University of Michigan | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Arts | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/161885/1/8813026.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Dissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's) |
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