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http://dx.doi.org/10.9715/KILA.2017.45.1.035

The Effect of Street Gardens on Psychological Restoration  

Kwon, Hyun-Sook (Landscape Planning and Designing Lab, Graduate School, Seoul National University)
Hahm, Yean-Kyoung (Landscape Planning and Designing Lab, Graduate School, Seoul National University)
Kim, Hae-Ryung (Interdisciplinary Program in Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University)
Yoon, Hee-Yeun (Dept. of Landscape Architecture and Rural Systems Engineering, Seoul National University)
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Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture / v.45, no.1, 2017 , pp. 35-51 More about this Journal
Abstract
Street gardens, a series of streetscape improvement projects led by Seoul City Government, are initiated for the purpose of providing aesthetic satisfaction and mental refreshment to pedestrians. In order to investigate whether street gardens indeed promote the psychological health of the users, questionnaire surveys were conducted on three selected street gardens - at Gangnam-daero, Digital-ro, and Teheranro - and their comparison sites located on the same streets, which have a similar physical environment but without a street garden. The survey questionnaires, based on Attention Restoration Theory, were composed of Perceived Restorativeness Scale-11 with the eleven individual questions grouped into four categories: 'Fascination', 'Being away', 'Coherence', and 'Scope'. The survey questionnaires also ask about physical components that promote psychological improvement in the aforementioned categories. The collected data was analyzed with factor analysis, reliability analysis, and independent t-test. The results suggested that street gardens had a relatively positive effect on the psychological restorativeness of the users. In particular, they gave fascination and interest to the users. However, they did not offer a feeling of being away to the users, which revealed the limitation in the psychological improvement effect of street gardens. The physical components of the street garden that have led the psychological restorativeness effect were wooden bench, tree, and flower. This result corresponds to an extant theory that natural factors have a positive effect on the psychological restorativeness within a hardscape. This research will shed light on the planning and design guidelines for the street garden project.
Keywords
Street Environment; Psychological Improvement; Attention Restoration Theory; Psychological Restorativeness Scale; Questionnaire Survey;
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