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作者

Luis Pérez-Urrestarazu;Maria P. Kaltsidi;Panayiotis A. Nektarios;Georgios Markakis;Vivian Loges;Katia Perini;Rafael Fernández-Cañero

来源

URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING,Vol.59,Issue1,Article 126919

语言

英文

关键字

Contemporary planting systems;Human-plant interactions;Emotional well-being;Indoor vegetation;Living walls;Psychological impact

作者单位

Urban Greening and Biosystems Engineering Research Group, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Fluids Mechanics, ETSIA Ctra. Utrera Km.1, 41013, Seville, Spain;Hellenic Mediterranean University, Department of Agriculture, Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products, Landscape and Environment, Specialization of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Estavromenos, Heraklion, Crete, 71004, Greece;Hellenic Mediterranean University, Department of Social Work, Estavromenos, Heraklion, Crete, 71410, Greece;Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, UFRPE Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900, Recife-PE, Brazil;Architecture and Design Department, University of Genoa. Stradone S. Agostino 37, 16128, Genoa, Italy;Urban Greening and Biosystems Engineering Research Group. Department of Agro-Forestry Sciences. Universidad De Sevilla. ETSIA Ctra, Utrera km.1, 41013, Seville, Spain;Urban Greening and Biosystems Engineering Research Group, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Fluids Mechanics, ETSIA Ctra. Utrera Km.1, 41013, Seville, Spain;Hellenic Mediterranean University, Department of Agriculture, Laboratory of Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products, Landscape and Environment, Specialization of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Estavromenos, Heraklion, Crete, 71004, Greece;Hellenic Mediterranean University, Department of Social Work, Estavromenos, Heraklion, Crete, 71410, Greece;Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, UFRPE Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900, Recife-PE, Brazil;Architecture and Design Department, University of Genoa. Stradone S. Agostino 37, 16128, Genoa, Italy;Urban Greening and Biosystems Engineering Research Group. Department of Agro-Forestry Sciences. Universidad De Sevilla. ETSIA Ctra, Utrera km.1, 41013, Seville, Spain

摘要

The present study evaluated the role of having plants at home during the confinement period as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that deprived people of freely visiting open green spaces. Preferences concerning the quantity of the desired vegetation as well as the ways in which the COVID-19 crisis affected the change of perceptions with regard to having plants at home were also evaluated. A questionnaire, which was filled by 4205 participants, provided an undistracted evaluation of the impact of indoor and outdoor plants on their emotional welfare considering behavioural, social, and demographic variables. The emotional state of the respondents was neutral and a significant proportion expressed positive emotions. Having indoor plants was correlated with more positive emotions, and confined inhabitants allocated more time for plant maintenance. By contrast, negative emotions prevailed in respondents who related to a positive COVID-19 case, which was more frequent in females and young participants living in small houses that received low levels of natural light and had few or no plants. A few indoor plants placed in strategic positions were also preferred compared with a high number of plants. By contrast, an increased amount of vegetation accompanied by living walls was preferred for outdoor settings. Living walls were considered as advantageous for increasing indoor vegetation, but they were also associated with technical and economical hurdles.