Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture Conference (한국조경학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture (한국조경학회)
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Study on the Classification of Rural Landscape which Needs to be Conserved in Daegu

  • Lee, Sook-Hyang (Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture) ;
  • Kaneko, Tadakazu (Dept. of Landscape Architecture Science, Faculty of Regional Environment Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture) ;
  • Kumagai, Yoichi (Dept. of Landscape Architecture Science, Faculty of Regional Environment Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture)
  • Published : 2007.10.26
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Abstract

The Korean rural landscape has changed significantly due to nationwide modernization and industrialization in recent years. Moreover, as urbanization progresses due to population and economic growth, rural areas surrounding the suburbs of cities are feeling the pressure of encroaching urban sprawl. Use of land for human-made structures such as road and housing development is also increasing, resulting in the destruction of nature in rural areas. Adopting a concept of conserving rural landscape in future development projects is therefore highly desirable.The main focus of this study is to look into the traditional concept of the village and to classify some elements of the traditional rural landscape. Daegu Metropolitan City, the third metropolitan city in Korea, is chosen as the subject of the study. The existing 227 villages have been studied on the basis of their principles and types of village locations in relation to the traditional concepts of 'Feng-shui' and 'Tackriji'. The characteristics of the village location are divided into two aspects: the natural landscape, such as topography, hydrosphere, and azimuth, and the historical and cultural landscape, such as customs(Only the natural landscape aspect is included in this study). The natural landscape, a condition of the village location, is divided into three areas: topography, hydrosphere, and azimuth. There are two types of topography: flatland type and mountain type. There are two sub-types in the mountain type: ridge and valley, which depend on the village location in relation to the shapes of the mountains. There are four types of hydrosphere which include waterways and three directions of mountain depending on the shape: front, behind and side. The direction of the village is analyzed from the direction which the houses in the village face. Therefore, the natural landscape element as a condition of the village location is closely related to the traditional concepts of the village.

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