This study aimed to identify design factors from the female perspective and then propose the implications for landscape design at the Hengshui Lake Park in Hebei Province, China. The Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA) was adopted and 27 attributes from seven categories on women’s preferences in spatial cognitions were selected. Results indicated that among 27 factors, women gave more consideration to waterfront spaces, plant colors, restrooms, wheelchair accessibility, sign boards, warning signs, layered planting, historic landscapes, lighting systems, adult entertainment facilities, children's playgrounds, resting places, and pedestrian roads. Among these attributes, relatively dissatisfied ones are layered planting, warning signs, historic landscapes, lighting systems, adult entertainment facilities, sign boards, children's playgrounds, resting places, and pedestrian roads. For women, reasonable information on security, location, and landscape history should be supplied, and various personal, semi-public, and public spaces should be created using layered planting techniques. Based on women's characteristics of accompanying children, playgrounds and educational spaces on their history and culture should be reformed and upgraded.

ABSTRACT
 1. Introduction
 2. Methods
  2.1 Related Existing Research
  2.2 Study Area
  2.3 Measurement Tools and Analysis Methods
 3. Results and Discussions
  3.1 General Statistics
  3.2 Analysis of Importance by Category
  3.3 Analysis of Performance by Category
  3.4 IPA Analysis of Urban Scenic Spot Attributes
 4. Conclusions
 References

• Wenqing Sun(Dept. of Forestry & Landscape Architecture, Graduate School, Wonkwang University)
• Sangwook Kim(Dept. of Environmental Landscape Architecture, Wonkwang University) Corresponding author