ICAP 2014 Presentation - Copyright Emma White
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Presentation delivered at the ICAP 2014 conference in Paris. It looks at a new measure of perceived naturalness that I am developing for environmental psychology research. It explains the importance of having such a measure in being able to more accurately examine how natural environments affect well-being. Please note that this presentation was designed to be viewed with animations, which I've had to remove to make it viewable on SlideShare. I have therefore had to remove many of the findings, and a lot of the wow factor!
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ICAP 2014 Presentation - Copyright Emma White
- 1. Developing a New Measure of Perceived Naturalness Emma White Birgitta Gatersleben
- 4. Natural vs Urban Scenes
- 5. Gaps in Current Research Measurement Definition Terminology
- 7. Definition What is it? Ecological vs. Perceptual Needs to encompass a wide range of ideas: Perceived Naturalness Naturally Occurring Human Absence Natural Aesthetic Natural Elements
- 8. Measurement Natural vs. Urban
- 9. versus Laumann, Gärling & Stormark, 2003
- 12. Measurement Not at all natural Completely natural Sliding Scale Lamb & Purcell, 2006
- 13. Developing a New Measure of Perceived Naturalness
- 14. Develop list of features which make a place appear ‘natural’ Participants: • At least 384 online • At least 186 paper version
- 16. UK Online Survey “Trees” “Greenery” “Grass to lie on” “Sound of bees” “Crystal clear water” Thematic Analysis “They are all peaceful in their own way, there are no huge buildings & usually no crowds of people, no litter, just nature in all it's glory”
- 19. A Hint of Other Interesting Themes… Colour
- 20. A Hint of Other Interesting Themes… The Power & Scale of Nature “High, wide skies” “The scale of the ocean” “Formed by great energy” “The way that nature continues to exert its forces despite man's influence on the planet”
- 21. A Hint of Other Interesting Themes… A real, perhaps dangerous form of nature: People have to adapt to the environment No amenities Uncontrollable Survival of the fittest
- 22. The Next Steps Complete data collection in UK Add to & refine themes & subthemes Collect data in the US…..... are natural features universal?
- 23. Natural vs Urban Scenes
- 26. To take part in this research visit: http://ow.ly/zI7p9
Editor's Notes
- And there’s the idea that nature is not all good – it is real and potentially dangerous, with a lack of amenities and a sense that we can’t control it But whilst I expected that to be a negative thing, some people actually enjoyed that about nature, and it was something that made them feel more restored
- So what are the next steps for the research? * Well I need to complete the data collection in the UK and add to and refine those themes, which are very preliminary at the moment And we’ll also be collecting data in the US in an attempt to determine whether these natural features might be universal And hopefully, all this will feed in to the development of items for the new measure of perceived naturalness
- And I personally find that quite an exciting prospect, because I think we’re at the right time now to start moving beyond this natural-urban dichotomy, and towards a more continuous, multi-dimensional measure of naturalness…..
- …. which is capable of examining environments which sit somewhere between the two And by examining how these environments are perceived and what effect that has on restoration, I think we’ll be in a better position to advise planners and designers on how to create restorative environments that are perceived as being natural
- But for now I’ll leave it there. Thank you
- But for now I’ll leave it there. Thank you