Abstract Condition and care are key expressions of landscape stewardship and are especially important in managing vacant urban lands. In this context, visible signs of stewardship have been associated with increased neighborhood sense of place whereas signs of physical disorder reflect perceived and actual crime. To date, assessments of condition/care and disorder using neighborhood audits have shown good reliability in field and virtual assessments but are often labor-intensive, particularly when repeated over time or applied across multiple study areas. Integrating the research traditions of neighborhood audits and visual landscape quality assessment, we propose an alternative approach, the “condition-care scale,” and pilot test this seven-point rating scale to assess longitudinal and cross-sectional patterns of stewardship in response to a vacant land reuse program. Lots purchased by nearby residents through the Chicago Large Lot Program were rated on the scale using Google Street View imagery, field photography, and field visits in 2014 (before purchase), 2015, 2016, and 2018 (1–4 years after purchase). Lab and field assessments showed strong intra- and inter-rater scale reliability, and independent measures of lot condition and care from parallel visual and social assessments support the scale’s validity. Longitudinal analyses showed that the greatest improvements were made in the first year after purchase but that improvement levels increased steadily over five years. Cross-sectional comparisons showed significant differences between some community areas. We discuss the utility of our approach for evaluating progress in vacant land reuse programs and its generalizability to other needs of urban greening professionals.

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状况护理量表：监测空地管理计划进展的实用方法

摘要 条件和关怀是景观管理的关键表现，在管理空置城市土地方面尤为重要。在这种情况下，明显的管理迹象与邻里空间感的增强有关，而身体紊乱的迹象则反映了感知到的和实际的犯罪。迄今为止，使用邻里审计对病情/护理和障碍的评估在现场和虚拟评估中显示出良好的可靠性，但通常是劳动密集型的，特别是在随着时间的推移重复或应用于多个研究领域时。结合邻里审计和视觉景观质量评估的研究传统，我们提出了一种替代方法，“条件护理量表，”，并对该七分制评分量表进行试点测试，以评估响应空置土地再利用计划的纵向和横向管理模式。附近居民通过芝加哥大型地块计划购买的地块在 2014 年（购买前）、2015 年、2016 年和 2018 年（购买后 1-4 年）使用谷歌街景图像、实地摄影和实地考察进行评分。实验室和现场评估显示出强大的内部和内部评估者量表可靠性，来自平行视觉和社会评估的批次条件和护理的独立测量支持量表的有效性。纵向分析表明，购买后的第一年取得了最大的改进，但改进水平在五年内稳步上升。横断面比较显示一些社区区域之间存在显着差异。我们讨论了我们的方法在评估空地再利用计划进展方面的效用及其对城市绿化专业人员其他需求的普遍性。