Visual preference of landscapes of Passauna Municipal Park, Curitiba, PR

Abstract

The analysis of landscape preferences may be an excellent instrument so much for the planning as for the intervention in areas used with recreational and tourist purposes, as in parks. The present work had for purpose to do an evaluation by the direct method (using the public as the agent that values), in order to investigate the visual preferences referring to landscapes of Passaúna Municipal Park, municipal district of Curitiba (PR). In order to represent the landscapes, photographs has been used, followed by a questionnaire with items related to the landscapes and to the interviewed ones. Among the interviewed ones, most of them are women (58%), belong to age group up to 25 years (42%) and have tertiary education (51%). The factors that linked to the visual preference has been the education degree and the color preference. The main inductive aspect of visual preference are associated to the naturalness of the landscape, so that the landscapes of larger acceptance has been those that has better presented aspects of conservation of the environment, naturalness, balance and harmony between the elements in the scene.