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Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling

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  • Jiang Li

    (School of Architecture and Art, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

  • Qiao Pan

    (School of Architecture and Art, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

  • You Peng

    (Urban Planning and Transportation Group, Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, De Groene Loper 6, PO Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

  • Tao Feng

    (Urban Planning and Transportation Group, Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, De Groene Loper 6, PO Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands)

  • Shaobo Liu

    (School of Architecture and Art, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China)

  • Xiaoxi Cai

    (College of Art and Design, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China)

  • Chixing Zhong

    (College of Art and Design, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha 410205, China
    School of Architecture, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China)

  • Yicheng Yin

    (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China)

  • Wenbo Lai

    (School of Architecture, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China)

Abstract

Wetland in the urban or peri-urban areas has been recognized as an important component of urban ecosystems and provides ecological and environmental services. Wetland park emerged as a kind of restoration of natural wetlands in the context of increasing pressure on land and eco-environment caused by urban sprawl, which has played an essential role in providing recreational spaces/opportunities and improving social interactions. However, little research has been conducted on the theoretical formulation elaborating individuals’ perceived quality of wetland parks when people are engaging in activities therein. This study is an attempt to develop a method to measure the quality of wetland parks based on individuals’ various perceptions and attitudes. From the view of human-nature interaction, the perceived quality is hypothetically conceptualized as a composite of two dimensions, such as comfort perception and environmental satisfaction. A series of questionnaire-based surveys were conducted among respondents (N = 936) in Yanghu wetland park in Changsha, China. Based on the measured items from on-site surveys, second-order factor structural equation modeling is applied to estimate the hypothesis of a hierarchical structure for elaborating how the quality of wetland park is perceived by individual respondents. The results test the hypothesis that the quality of wetland park as a second-order theoretical construct can be conceptualized by two first-order theoretical constructs, individuals’ comfort (loading = 0.749), and environmental satisfaction (loading = 0.828). In addition, a significant influence of attitudes toward green space on the perceived quality of wetland park has been identified.

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  • Jiang Li & Qiao Pan & You Peng & Tao Feng & Shaobo Liu & Xiaoxi Cai & Chixing Zhong & Yicheng Yin & Wenbo Lai, 2020. "Perceived Quality of Urban Wetland Parks: A Second-Order Factor Structure Equation Modeling," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(17), pages 1-15, September.
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