Analysis of Relationships between Impressions of Experienced Landscape and Physical Environmental Factors Measured at Nogawa-park

Abstract

To examine the correlations between the impressions of the landscape experienced and the physical environmental factors measured, the respondents evaluated the impressions of the environment at the 15 sites of Nogawa-Park. Simultaneously, the physical factors; brightness, wind speed, temperature, humidity and level of sound, were measured. And the relationships between the impressions and the physical quantities were analyzed and the following results were obtained.
1. The amenity of the site was related to the level of sound and a majority of respondents felt noisy at the level of 60 dB.
2. The congestion of the site was related to the number of people in the sight and a majority of respondents felt congestion at the level of 50 persons in the sight.
3. The impression of windy site was related to the average wind speed and a majority felt the windy at the 2.5 m/s average wind speed. And the impression of brightness of the site was related to the average intensity of illumination and a majority felt the bright at the 50000 lux whole sky illumination.