Abstract
The purpose of this study is to make clear the correlation between the civic evaluation of a forest, the space composition of a forest, and the grade of relation of the citizen to a forest. From the above-mentioned purpose, we used the photo projection method and the caption method to three groups. One is the group of forestry volunteer, Sun-Forester. Others are two groups of the university students, one is the group guided by members of Sun-Forester, and another is without it. In analysis, first, we classified the elements on the pictures, and extracted photography patterns by principal component analysis. Next, the factor of those photography patterns was analyzed paying attention to the grade of the relation to a forest and the space composition of a forest by multiple regression analysis. On the other hand, the photographed reason was explored through analysis of captions on the pictures by principal component analysis. As a result, in the forest, people recognize the place based on the knowledge of the forest or experience like forestry volunteer. On the other side, the recognition of the forest is also influenced by the components of the forest.
