The Image of the Forest

ISBN-13: 9783838114842 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 300 str.

Hirofumi Ueda

Opis

Aiming at consensus building in environmental management with democratic procedure, a communication tool for mutual understanding is profoundly needed. The main purpose of this research is the establishment of a practical methodology to understand vernacular meanings of the environment in terms of resident landscape perception as a precondition for environmental discussion. We discussed an original Fukei theory and method with Landscape Image Sketching Technique (LIST) through empirical field studies and a practical methodology. The research findings suggest that environmental planning must address not only the physical environment but also human value systems. In connection with the reconsideration of locality as a reaction to globalization, landscape could play a more important role in representing the regional identity. Thus, the practical methodology with Fukei theory and LIST can be useful as a communication tool for mutual understanding in local environmental management with residents participation.

O autorze

Hirofumi Ueda is assistant professor in the Course of SpatialDesign at Sapporo City University. His research interests focuson landscape image and community participation in the fields ofregional planning and tourism.