2021 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 465-472
Greenness visibility is already established as a useful index in landscape preference. In this study, we also considered the influence of sky visibility on landscape preference, as well as the combined influence of sky and greenness visibility. We took pictures in residential area and classified them into four groups: “sky-large-greenness-large”, “sky-large-greenness-small”, “sky-small-greenness-large”, “sky-small-greenness-small”. Afterwards, we measured landscape preference of the pictures through web-based questionnaires and conducted a conjoint analysis. Results showed that sky visibility had a positive effect on landscape preference with a slightly smaller effect than greenness visibility. Our results also suggested that greening in residential areas in smaller sky visibility and better sky visibility in densely built-up areas would be a key strategy to improve the visual quality of residential landscapes.
