Abstract
An evaluation of the regional potential of the Japanese rural landscape was conducted considering the actual or potential resource characteristics of plant communities in the Kawada region, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. This study demonstrated that an evaluation method based on phytosociological and ethnobiological approaches, text mining using a database, and a mesh map represents the regional potential of a landscape focusing on resource characteristics of plant communities. The cell size of the mesh map was approximately 100 × 100 m. As a result of this study, the evaluation method was thought to play an important role in showing the regional potential characterized by various resource characteristics of plant communities. Hence, the evaluation method is expected to contribute to the progress of regional environmental planning and the development of specific methods for vegetation management considering the target vegetation and its characteristics.
