| The urban scenic spots are usually adjacent to the city or just situated in it, which are with convenient transportation, greatly affected by the city, the social forms and the landscape carrying both the urban and rural characteristics. With good natural resources and ecological enviroment, rich cultral heritage as well as convenient transportation, the urban scenic spots have developed to the primary holiday resort where people get close to the nature and relax themselves. At the mean time, nowadays as women’s leisure awareness continuely rise, women gradually become the main force among the tourists. How to improve the landscape construction in the urban scenic spots, and cater for women’s needs have turned into an important issue of current city scenery district humanized design.This essay is based on the gender difference. From the point of view of women, to start with the environment of city scenery district, taking scenic attraction of Hengshui lake landscape environment as example, with application of the document research and theoretical analysis method, behavior observation method, interviewing method, standardized questionnaire and IPA analysis method as well as design practice method, it studies the female traveling characteristics, psychology, behavior feature and the focus and actual performance evaluation on the major landscape elements in the urban scenery district paid by female tourists, thus the passage concludes the key point and direction of the landscape design under women’s perspective. The research results are as follows:(l)Through the theoretical analysis method and examples analysis, it demonstrates the female tourists having difference with male tourists on perceptual experience, environment cognition, psychology and behavior feature. Featured with sensitive perception and delicate sentiment, women pay attention on subtle emotional changes of landscape and are easily affected by the landscape atmosphere. When it comes to spatial cognition, women are at a disadvantage. Usually they are easy to get lost in the three-dimensional space and in the scenic spots they are good at find directions with markers. Female tourists show some behavior tendency, like group errands, dependence, disciplinary and marginality. The different performance on sightseeing between the two genders provides the city scenery optimal design with theoretical and statistical support(2)The survey shows that the main purpose of visiting for women is to enhance the relationship between family or friends. Mostly they travel with family, when they are on sightseeing they do not only enjoy the scenery, much more important they want to build relationships with people. Their emotions vary from different landscape environment, and their mood is proportional to the satisfaction of the scenic districts.(3)From the female tourists’evaluation on the main landscape elements of the city scenic district, it is found that female tourists attach more attention on the landscape elements, especially the infrastructure, safe environment and the space for socializing.(4)The essay summarizes the needs that female have on urban scenic landscape districts. Under the perspective of women, it discusses the optimal design from the aspect of nature, culture, safety, socializing space and infrastructure.(5)Taking the Lotus garden of Hengshui Lake scenic area as example, combined with the conclusion, the essay attempts to do the landscape planning and design, then it enriches the theory and give more explanation and demonstration.The study results demonstrates that the difference on mental experience, behavior characteristics, needs and choice on the landscape between the two genders. The humanized design of urban scenic spots should be set according to the regular basis, reconsider the main point and direction from the gender angle, laid importance on the detail design, and increase the gender-inclusive of the landscape. Hence it can expand and diversify the design concept of ’people-oriented’. |
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