Trends of Landscape Appreciation Studies at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013-2019

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The session on “International Comparison of Landscape Appreciation”was held at the meeting of the Japan Geoscience Union, from 2013 to 2019, to discuss the understanding of landscape appreciation. The landscape appreciation comprises four components, that is observers, appreciation, landscape, and analysis of results with physical data. From the archive of these meetings, five literature reviews gave the trends of the landscape appreciation studies in the world, 26 international comparisons studies showed the effects of different cultural background of observers, 62 landscape evaluation factors studies showed the results of various types of appreciation, five studies examined different methods of landscape presentations, and 11 others proposed some example of planning. Although many presentations and discussions were given from various perspectives, no final, unified interpretation of the phenomenon of landscape appreciation has been obtained. It is necessary to continue these sessions and exchange opinions.