Research on Visual Preferences and Restoration Differences of Six Types of Riverside Recreation Spaces
LI Jiaxi
LIAO Junkang
ZHANG Yijun
ZHANG Hongzhi
Abstract：Riverside recreational spaces are important places for urban residents to relieve mental stress.The existing research lacks a deep analysis of the public's environmental perception preferences and psychological and physiological recovery mechanisms associated with riverside recreational spaces.This study took the scenic belt on the east bank of Liuyang River in Changsha City as the research object,and used six types of recreational spaces as research materials to explore visual preferences and restorative effects across different landscape types through desktop eye-tracking and the SRRS self-assessment recovery scale.The study found that participants showed a higher subjective preference for artificial landscape spaces such as building plazas and road platforms,and considered these types of venues more suitable for conducting behavioral activities.Road platforms and building square s also elicited high levels of visual stimulation and attraction.Therefore,it is suggested that future designs of riverside landscape green belts should adopt spatial diversity as a guiding principle,and increase the proportion of building plaza and platform spaces.Specifically,in the landscape design of riverside green belts,it is recommended to arrange 3～4 heterogeneous plaza spaces(each 100～200 m2)per kilometer along the main trail,and to provide one waterfront platform(20～30 m2)every 50～80 meters,equipped with rest seats,ensuring at least 30%vegetation shade and maintaining open grassland areas.
Keywords：riverside recreational spaceeye movement indicatorsvisual preferencerestorative
Publication Date：2025-12-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-05-22(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 52-59 )