Abstract
Aesthetic value is an important factor that should be considered in lake environments. However, there is a lack of research examining and undertaking investigation of the aesthetic value of multifunctional lake ecosystems. There are two major purposes for this study: (1) to define and investigate the important perceived attributes related to the aesthetic value of multifunctional lakes using a video-questionnaire method and (2) to provide some suggestions for the further development of a visual quality index facilitating decision making in management and policies. An enhanced visual quality method was used in this study to record the conditions of the multifunctional lakes in each location in the study area. The findings of the study defined water color and clarity, percentage of water hyacinth, types of debris, percentage of debris, and facilities and land values as the important attributes related to aesthetic value in multifunctional lakes. In summary, the perceived attributes in the visual ecology criteria indicated more significant relationships with the functional morphology criteria than the financial profitability criteria. The results showed that the video-questionnaire method used in this study is efficient, easy to use, and understandable in terms of identifying and measuring aesthetic value in relation to perceptions of perceived attributes.
Highlights
Lakes are an important form of freshwater with a range of aquatic ecosystems and eco-hydrological functions [1,2,3], including being natural regulators of river flows and sedimentation, functioning as nutrient traps in watershed areas, creating aquatic habitats, and even providing high biodiversity in specific environments [4,5]
Works on human perceptionsforofaesthetic multifunctional aesthetics have that their perceptions strongly depend on visual criteria and visual quality assessment methods that people are able to express their preferences for aesthetic value and health parameters and that their perceptions strongly depend on visual criteria and visual quality assessment methods [15]
Waterscape multifunctional lakes play an important role in understanding the aesthetic value of multifunctional lakes
Summary
Lakes are an important form of freshwater with a range of aquatic ecosystems and eco-hydrological functions [1,2,3], including being natural regulators of river flows and sedimentation, functioning as nutrient traps in watershed areas, creating aquatic habitats, and even providing high biodiversity in specific environments [4,5]. Lakes are used for anthropogenic purposes such as for drinking, agriculture, aquaculture, and other recreational purposes such as fishing, sailing, swimming, jet-skiing, boating, paddling, canoeing, and other forms of water-based tourism [6,7,8]. Aesthetic value is an important factor that should be considered in multifunctional lake environments. Anthropogenic activities likely carry numerous threats for lake environments. In order to preserve the natural functions of lake environments, it is necessary to implement sustainable lake management programs in terms of effective, localized approaches
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