Landscape evaluation of a residential plant community based on the scenic beauty estimation method

Abstract

In Wenzhou City, located in Zhejiang Province, 100 plant communities were selected as evaluation samples, and the scenic beauty estimation (SBE) method was used to evaluate the degree of beauty. The semantic difference (SD) analysis method was selected to evaluate landscape characteristics. In the SBE method, plant growth, sense of hierarchy, landscape diversity and colour richness were used as the evaluation factors. A total of 140 professional and non-professional groups evaluated the 100 landscape samples. In the SD method, ten adjective pairs were selected as the evaluation criteria for the landscape features in the study. This research indicates that the SBE values of the professional and non-professional groups are strongly correlated. The non-professional group is more volatile and unstable. Professional evaluations of the plant community’s aesthetic value typically include considerations of elements such as plant growth, hierarchy, diversity of landscape and colour richness. In the evaluation of the landscape diversity, hierarchy, colour richness and plant growth, through the SD landscape analysis, the evaluators were able to conduct a correlation analysis of the landscape characteristics and quality of the green plant landscape. This is to find out what landscape features have the most significant impact on landscape quality.