How Landscape Preferences and Emotions Shape Environmental Awareness: Perspectives from University Experiences DOI Open Access
Nam Nguyen-Dinh, Heng Zhang

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(7), С. 3161 - 3161

Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2025

Experience within the university landscape significantly shapes students’ environmental attitudes and behaviors. Greenery spaces, water bodies, architectural features, recreational sustainable design may not only enhance mental health but also foster a love for responsibility toward environment. This study proposed structural equation modeling to evaluate causal relationship between experiences awareness by examining roles of preferences emotional responses. The findings indicated that (1) when students frequently engage with elements in university, they tend attach landscape, fostering sense belonging appreciation healthy learning environments; (2) attachment develops positive emotions their surroundings; (3) value enjoy landscapes on campus, are more likely exhibit through actions like conserving resources, minimizing waste, engaging conservation activities. These behaviors arise from an understanding significance direct impact favorable associated these spaces. Therefore, universities can leverage as crucial tool promote behavior, guiding develop natural

Язык: Английский

How Landscape Preferences and Emotions Shape Environmental Awareness: Perspectives from University Experiences DOI Open Access
Nam Nguyen-Dinh, Heng Zhang

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 17(7), С. 3161 - 3161

Опубликована: Апрель 2, 2025

Experience within the university landscape significantly shapes students’ environmental attitudes and behaviors. Greenery spaces, water bodies, architectural features, recreational sustainable design may not only enhance mental health but also foster a love for responsibility toward environment. This study proposed structural equation modeling to evaluate causal relationship between experiences awareness by examining roles of preferences emotional responses. The findings indicated that (1) when students frequently engage with elements in university, they tend attach landscape, fostering sense belonging appreciation healthy learning environments; (2) attachment develops positive emotions their surroundings; (3) value enjoy landscapes on campus, are more likely exhibit through actions like conserving resources, minimizing waste, engaging conservation activities. These behaviors arise from an understanding significance direct impact favorable associated these spaces. Therefore, universities can leverage as crucial tool promote behavior, guiding develop natural

Язык: Английский

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