2011 Volume 9 Issue 4 Pages 162-167
This paper is for the purpose of clarifying the theory and methodologies of British Landscape Character Assessment (LCA) carrying out the process for the Identification, Evaluation and setting Quality objectives of Landscapes that is the one of the main measures of the European Landscape Convention (ELC). <br>As a result, (1) Landscape Character Assessment is a value-free Baseline Inventory of Landscapes, (2) Landscapes has an original Type and Area, (3) Landscapes has a peculiar Quality Objectives which should be aimed at, (4) Landscape policy integrate related other policies, (5) it is necessary to investigate an application possibility as a method of the Land Use Evaluation of Japan.
