Zube, E.H. et al., 1982, Landscape perception: research, application and theory, in: Landscape and Urban Planning, 9,
- Author : Zube, E.H. et al.
- Year : 1982
- Title English : Landscape perception: research, application and theory
- Journal/Series : Landscape and Urban Planning
- Volume Number (CONSECUTIVE: Counting all Volumes of this Journal ever published) : 9
- Pages : 1-33
- Abstract in English : Landscape perception research during the past two decades has responded to legislative mandates and landscape management, planning and design issues in a number of countries. It has also engaged the interests o individuals from af variety of disciplines and professions. Thes paper presents an analysis of the paradigms that have been followed in assessing percieved landscape values, an identifies the theoretical or centeptual bases which underlie these approaches. Four paradigms are identified from review of over 160 articles published in 20 journals during the periode 1965-1980. Publications in each paradigm (expert, psychophysical, cognitive and experiental) are reviewed with reference to to contributions to pragmatic landscape planning and management issues and to the evolution of a general t´heory of landscape perception. Trends in publications within the paradigms are indicated over time and by professional-disciplinary orientation. Overal, the absence of an explicit theoretical foundation is noted. Arguments in support of the development of a theoretical framework for landscape perception research are advaanced and a proposed framework based on an interactive perception process is presented.