Preferences for Landscape Choice in a Southwestern Desert City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5779170 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T Yabiku (0000-0002-3780-0349, Arizona State University), Scott T Yabiku (Arizona State University), David Casagrande (0000-0002-2826-0686, Western Illinois University), David G Casagrande (Western Illinois University), Elizabeth Farley-Metzger (Arizona State University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 382-400 |
| Publication date | 2007-08-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-9165 • E-ISSN: 1552-390X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0013916507300359 |
| OpenAlex | W2126643055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
| References cited | 32 |
Through outdoor water consumption, residential landscaping behavior affects public policy and the environment in the American Southwest. We propose a decision framework based on cost, ecological constraints, laws, and individual preferences. Controlling for cost, ecological constraints, and laws, we surveyed residents in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, using computer-generated landscape images to examine the effects of environmental attitudes (measured using Dunlap's New Ecological Paradigm), socialization, aesthetic affect, and demographic variables on landscape preferences. Landscape images varied from low-water xeriscapes to lush designs. Residents preferred high-water-use landscapes over dry landscapes for their own yards, even though they considered desert landscapes to be aesthetically pleasing. Women and long-term residents of the area were significantly more averse to dry landscapes. Stronger environmental attitudes did not lead to preference for xeriscapes but did lead to compromises on the amount of turf grass preferred in lush landscapes. This may contribute to the "oasis" mentality commonly found among area residents
Affect · Consumption · Desert (philosophy · Landscaping · Phoenix · Yard · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Urban Green Space and Health
Performative Microforests
Operationalizing the social-ecological system framework to assess residential forest structure
Resident perceptions of natural resources between cities and across scales in the Pacific Northwest
Writing Water, Writing Life
Water-Saving Attitudes in Residential Gardens
Residential landscapes as social-ecological systems
Which landscape do you prefer? The role of emotions on choices for landscape management
Deciphering landscape preferences
Examining the potential to expand wildlife-supporting residential yards and gardens
Biogeochemical and socioeconomic drivers of above- and below-ground carbon stocks in urban residential yards of a small city
Plant biodiversity in residential yards is influenced by people’s preferences for variety but limited by their income
A novel stormwater management system for urban roads in China based on local conditions
Xeriscaping and Water-Saving Practices in Iranian Residential Gardens
Diurnal changes in urban boundary layer environment induced by urban greening
Understanding Human–Nature Connections Through Landscape Socialization
Why garden for wildlife? Social and ecological drivers, motivations and barriers for biodiversity management in residential landscapes
Urban landscaping choices and people’s selection of plant traits in Cape Town, South Africa
A Research Synthesis and Theoretical Model of Relationships Between Factors Influencing Outdoor Domestic Water Consumption
Changing Homeowners’ Lawn Care Behavior to Reduce Nutrient Runoff
Household Water Consumption in an Arid City
The use of latent classes to identify individual differences in the importance of landscape dimensions for aesthetic preference
Shaping the urban home garden
What makes a destination beautiful? Dimensions of tourist aesthetic judgment
Newer Plant Displays in Botanical Gardens
Arizona Native Plants and the Urban Challenge
Social–Spatial Analyses of Attitudes toward the Desert in a Southwestern U.S. City
The prestige of sustainable living
Water Conservation in Desert Cities
The Influence of Diverse Values, Ecological Structure, and Geographic Context on Residents' Multifaceted Landscaping Decisions
Ethnic Variation in Environmental Belief and Behavior
Environmental Socialization
Adolescent Environmental Behaviors
Person, Environment, and Person-Environment Fit as Influences on Residential Satisfaction of Elders
Effects of values, problem awareness, and personal norm on willingness to reduce personal car use
Linking place preferences with place meaning
The Social Bases of Environmental Concern
Drivers of Spatial Variation in Plant Diversity Across the Central Arizona-Phoenix Ecosystem
Types of rapidly growing counties of the U.S., 1970–1990
Knowledge-Based Affect
Cross‐National Gender Variation in Environmental Behaviors
New Environmental Theories
Problem and Opportunity
Associations between environmental value orientations and landscape preferences
New Trends in Measuring Environmental Attitudes
Husbands' Participation in Domestic Labor
| Unique citing works | 29 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,71 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |