Perceptional analysis of the role of individual trees in the urban image

Authors

  • Nádasy László Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Department of Landscape Protection and Reclamation
  • István Valánszki Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Department of Landscape Protection and Reclamation

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36249/60.5

Keywords:

cultural ecosystem services, urban trees, cityscape, perceptional survey

Abstract

Urban trees are an important part of urban image, character and cityscape, and the ecosystem services they provide have been extensively studied. However, years after the introduction of new urban image protection and urban design tools in Hungarian practice, the importance of individual trees is still a relatively obscure topic in research. In our research, we studied which individual trees are the most prominent within a study area in Southwestern Budapest using a perception-based method. 74 participants were asked to walk through the study area and choose a maximum of 10 individual trees that they considered the most impactful in their surroundings from an urban image standpoint. The results show that while a very wide variety of trees were chosen by at least one person, certain trees received significant amounts of votes, with some being selected by more that 20% of participants. Our results suggest that people with and without a profes[1]sional background concerning trees had similar opinions, with some differences. Our research shows that – contrary to traditional, maintenance-centered tree evaluation methods –, the species and health condition of individual trees are less significant features from an urban image standpoint. On the other hand, location and contrast – in colour or form – are highly important.

Author Biographies

  • Nádasy László, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Department of Landscape Protection and Reclamation

    assistant lecturer
    Email: Nadasy.Laszlo.Zoltan@uni-mate.hu

  • István Valánszki, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art, Department of Landscape Protection and Reclamation

    associate professor
    Email: valanszki.istvan@uni-mate.hu

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Published

2021-03-22

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Perceptional analysis of the role of individual trees in the urban image. (2021). 4D Journal of Landscape Architecture and Garden Art, 60, 64-77. https://doi.org/10.36249/60.5

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