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식물원 이용객의 생태의식과 이용동기에 관한 연구

A Study on the Botanical Garden Visitors' Eco-consciousness and Motivation

  • 정재만 (청주대학교 이공대학 환경조경학과)
  • Jeong, Jae-Man (Dept. of Environmental Landscape Architecture, Cheongju Univ.)
  • 투고 : 2014.02.20
  • 심사 : 2014.04.25
  • 발행 : 2014.04.30

초록

본 연구는 식물원 방문객의 효과적인 관리를 위해 그들의 생태의식과 욕구구조의 연관성 규명을 목적으로 시작하였다. 이를 위해 '식물원 이용자의 생태의식과 이용동기수준의 파악', '이용자의 인구통계학적 특성이 생태의식에 미치는 효과', '생태의식과 이용동기와의 연관성 규명'을 연구문제로 설정하였다. 실증분석은 경기도 일원 3개 식물원 방문객 대상의 설문조사로 진행하였다. 이용객의 생태의식은 던랩(Dunlap)의 15개 NEP 척도로 측정하였고, 이용동기는 매슬로우(Maslow)의 7단계 욕구를 활용했다. 3개 조사대상지에서 3일간 조사한 끝에 각 360부의 설문지를 확보하여 본 분석에 사용하였다. 연구 결과, 이용객들의 생태의식과 이용동기는 보통 이상의 높은 수준이었다. 생태의식에서는 '자연균형과 생태위기'와 '반인간 중심주의'에 대한 반응이 높았다. 이용동기에서는 '인지적 욕구'가 가장 높았고, 그 다음은 '애정 및 소속의 욕구', '생리적 욕구'의 순이었다. '자아실현 욕구'와 '자존의 욕구'는 가장 낮았으며, 이 둘을 제외하면 대체로 상위욕구의 비중이 높은 반응을 보였다. 생태의식과 이용동기는 상관성 분석 결과, 부(-)적 상관과 정(+)적 상관이 섞여 있었으나, 정적 상관의 비율이 70% 이상으로 높았다. 분석결과 생태의식과 이용동기는 대체로 낮은 수준의 정적 상관관계 중심으로 형성되어 있다고 볼 수 있다. 특히 '생리적 욕구'와 '인지적 욕구'가 생태의식과 상관성이 높았는데 이는 이 두 욕구가 각각 식물원 방문객의 하위욕구와 상위욕구를 대표하는 욕구로 판단된다. 즉, 식물원 방문객이 학습목적성이 강하지만, 이와 동시에 신체적인 휴식공간으로서의 기대감 또한 적지 않음을 알 수 있다. 연구 결과, 식물원 방문객의 생태의식은 보통 이상의 높은 수준인데, 향후 지속적인 증가가 예상되었다. 따라서 이용동기 또한 계속 높아질 것이며, 특히 '심미적 욕구'와 '인지적 욕구'가 커질 것으로 예상된다. 따라서, 식물원의 시각적 자원을 활용한 경관관리가 중요함을 알 수 있다. 아울러 방문객의 지적 욕구를 채워줄 수 있는 컨텐츠가 지속적으로 제공되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between botanical garden visitors' ecological consciousness and their needs, in order to provide some effective measures to manage them. For this purpose, 3 study points were set up: "botanical garden visitors' ecological consciousness and their needs", "differences of such consciousness depending on their demographic variables" and the "relationship between such consciousness and their needs". To this end, Botanical garden visitors were surveyed for an empirical analysis. The visitors' awareness about ecology was measured with Dunlap's 15-item NEP Inventory, while their needs were analyzed in reference to Maslow's 7-Step Human Desire Ladder. The survey was conducted at Botanical garden for 3 days. As a result, a total of 360 questionnaires were returned. The results of this study can be summarized as follows; First, the visitors' ecological consciousness and their needs were higher than normal level. In terms of their consciousness of ecology, their awareness of the ecological crisis potential and anti-humanism were the highest. In terms of their needs, the aesthetic need was the highest, followed by the cognitive need. On the other hand, the needs for self-achievement and self-esteem were the lowest; except them, the higher the needs were positioned at Maslow's ladder of desire, the more responsive the subjects became. As a result of analyzing the correlation between the subjects' consciousness of ecology and their needs, it was found that the correlation was negative in some sub-areas, while being positive in other sub-areas. After all, the ratio of the sub-areas having a positive correlation was 3 times higher than that of the sub-areas having a negative correlation. Even as for the correlation coefficient values, they were higher in the positive sub-areas, which suggests that the correlation between wetland visitors' ecological consciousness and their needs was positive, although at a lower level, in overall terms. As a result of comparatively analyzing visitors' needs by dividing them into 3 sub-groups depending on the levels of their ecological consciousness, it was found that the higher their consciousness of ecology was, the higher their needs were. Overall, botanical garden visitors' ecological awareness was higher than the normal level, and it was estimated that such awareness would continue to increase. Hence, it could be inferred that their needs, particularly their aesthetic and cognitive ones, would also continue to increase. Accordingly, it is important to manage the wetland landscape making use of its visual resources, while keep providing the visitors with the contents fulfilling their need for knowledge.

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