Fundamental Sutdy on the Method of Scenary Evaluation for Conservation

Abstract

In this study, which was related to a planning to conservate wooded land in the urban area with the viewpoint of the perception of the scenary, the authors attempted to clarify the points of the conservation of the important scene by understanding common characteristics among dwellers' images of the scenary.
Firstly we collected their own images of the native scene and its objects corresponded to the images through the questionnaire. Secondly we considered the meaning and the formation of the perceived scene to be a common characteristics of images of the scenery showing the regional identity.
Based on the characteristics, we comprehended the location of the scene objects, and classified the local landscape to the three landscape types;(1) valley type, (2) tableland type and (3) lowland type. Each type was recognized to be composed of spreaded or clustered scenery ellements, or a single ellement. Finally, by examining the changes in the formation of the scenery ellments in the cases of three types, we showed the value of the scenery and the measure of sustaining the regionality.