Investigation and Valuation on the Elements of Urban Landscape

Abstract

The urban landscape generally consists of many artificial, few natural, and some rural elements. Each element should be investigated on the landscape that the citizens can be seen from road, square, channel, railway, and open building. This paper states the method of landscape investigation on the streets, streetfurnitures, outdoor advertisements, green, waterfronts and viewpoints.
It is necessary for the standard in making value judgements on the elements to obtain the support of citizens. Judging from the results of public opinion survey to the citizens of Kitakyushu, the landscape of clean orderly city with a lot greenery is worth adopting as a model of the urban landscape. A method of valuing each element is proposed too in this paper.