Aesthetic Evaluation of Forest Landscape within the Training and Experimental Forest Range (TEFR) Yundola

摘要

The research is focused on understanding the scenic beauty of landscapes in the context of environmental planning and management. Our landscape preferences are thought to be influenced by many factors: age, gender, ethnicity, regionality, recreational activity; some researchers even maintain there is an evolutionary basis behind certain landscape preferences. But of these factors, our dominant culture and history have played major roles in shaping our preferences for landscapes that are natural in character. The aesthetic evaluation of landscapes in the research is made by objective characteristics of the existing topography and vegetation. Data are taken from the map or text materials containing information about the terrain. The dominance elements and variable factors of landscapes appear in varying degrees, depending upon the viewing distance. The research automates aesthetic evaluation of forest landscapes using GIS.