STUDY ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PONDS' SURROUNDINGS AND FUNCTIONS OF WATER ENVIRONMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL AREA : From the view points of land use of water edge and its surroundings

Abstract

Functions brought by water environments in residential area and their value for surrounding residential environments were clarified from the characteristic of ponds' surroundings based on analyses of questionnaire survey. The discussion was emphasized on the following points: 1. Land use of the water edge and the areas surrounding the water environments. 2. Analyses of characteristics of the functions and their values for surrounding residential environments. The followings were concluded. These functions can be classifled into 7 types. Their characteristics were varied according to the characteristic of surroundings. Together with the type of functions it also influenced their values.