The visual and spatial structure of landscapes / Tadahiko Higuchi ; translated by Charles S. Terry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higuchi, Tadahiko, 1944- author.

Contributor:

M.I.T. Press, publisher.

Standardized Title:

Keikan no kōzō. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Landforms--Japan.

Landforms.

Landscape assessment--Japan.

Landscape assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 218 pages) : 154 illustrations (black and white), charts, maps

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1983]

Summary:

"In this imaginative and generously illustrated book, Tadahiko Higuchi applies a methodology to landscape that is similar to that developed by Kevin Lynch for investigating the extent to which urban settings are legible and "imageable" to their inhabitants. He identifies features such as landmarks, boundaries, paths, and nodes that enable people moving through a landscape to piece together a reliable mental map of their surroundings, beginning with major structural elements and filling in with successively finer detail"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Indexes of visual structure

Visibility of landscape structure

Visual perception of planes

Space-position relationship

Visual perception of space

Summary of the visual structure of landscapes

Types of spatial structures

The Akizushima-Yamato type

The eight-petal lotus blossum type

The Mikumari Shrine type

The secluded valley type

The Zōfū-Tokusui type

The sacred mountain type

The domain-viewing mountain type

Elements of spatial composition in landscapes.

Notes:

Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on May 30, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300238389

030023838X

OCLC:

1042079236