Table 2.
Description of variables related to meanings ascribed to landscapes.
| This landscape… |
Response distribution (number, percentage) |
Item descriptives |
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| Variable | Description | Strongly disagree | disagree | in between | agree | Strongly agree | Mean | SD |
| Arcadian landscape perception | ||||||||
| LSM_scenic-beauty | …represents scenic beauty. | 1135 (9.0%) | 2127 (16.8%) | 2803 (22.1%) | 4082 (32.2%) | 2513 (19.9%) | 3.37 | 1.23 |
| LSM_intimicy | …offers sense of intimicy/familiarity. | 852 (6.7%) | 1862 (14.7%) | 3340 (26.4%) | 4696 (37.1%) | 1910 (15.1%) | 3.39 | 1.11 |
| LSM_sense | …helps to recognize sense. | 576 (4.5%) | 1436 (11.3%) | 3513 (27.8%) | 5184 (40.9%) | 1951 (15.4%) | 3.51 | 1.03 |
| LSM_relax | …helps to can relax my soul. | 916 (7.2%) | 2064 (16.3%) | 2845 (22.5%) | 4520 (35.7%) | 2315 (18.3%) | 3.42 | 1.17 |
| LSM_comfortable | …makes me feeling comfortable. | 594 (4.7%) | 1619 (12.8%) | 3104 (24.5%) | 4983 (39.4%) | 2360 (18.6%) | 3.54 | 1.08 |
| LSM_authenticity | …is a symbol for an authentic landscape. | 707 (5.6%) | 1709 (13.5%) | 3228 (25.5%) | 4934 (39.0%) | 2082 (16.4%) | 3.47 | 1.09 |
| LSM_intact-world | …represents an intact world. | 1170 (9.2%) | 2176 (17.2%) | 3066 (24.2%) | 4169 (32.9%) | 2079 (16.4%) | 3.30 | 1.20 |
| LSM_self-experience | …helps to experience myself. | 892 (7.0%) | 2049 (16.2%) | 3666 (29.0%) | 4139 (32.7%) | 1914 (15.1%) | 3.33 | 1.13 |
| Utilitarian landscape perception | ||||||||
| LSM_progress | …is a symbol for human progress. | 1313 (10.4%) | 2507 (19.8%) | 3982 (31.4%) | 3762 (29.7%) | 1096 (8.7%) | 3.06 | 1.12 |
| LSM_dominance | …represents the dominance of humans over nature. | 1687 (13.3%) | 2711 (21.4%) | 3100 (24.5%) | 3671 (29.0%) | 1491 (11.8%) | 3.04 | 1.23 |
LSM = Landscape meaning, SD = standard deviation, N = 12,660 choice observations.