The beneficial role of nearby nature settings in mental wellbeing is particularly important in the urban context where residents are dealing with numerous distractions and sources of stress in their daily life. Given the key role of planners and designers as decision-makers in creating urban outdoor environments, this dissertation aims to investigate a) urban residents’ preferences for outdoor green spaces from a design perspective, and b) the mechanisms through which planning/design-related aspects of the environment may affect mental wellbeing. Three studies were conducted in a residential area in Chicago, IL, using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Some of the contributions and extensions to the current literature this dissertation offers include a practical tool for broadening the scope of preference studies by using participant-generated photo grouping, addressing environmental affordances, and drawing on linkages among landscape architecture, urban planning and environmental psychology. In addition, examination of detailed relationships between physical attributes of the environment and multiple aspects of satisfaction and forms of use sheds light on how outdoor spaces could be changed in order to meet users’ preferences and needs in urban neighborhoods. Furthermore, this research contributes to the conceptual understanding of human-landscape interactions by examining both direct and indirect relationships between environmental factors and sense of mental wellbeing through neighborhood satisfaction and use. All the three studies offer samples of translational design approach by providing place-based pragmatic planning and design recommendations.
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