A study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin)

In the study, we conducted a visual assessment dealing with subjective and objective assessments in order to ensure the sustainability of prominent feature of the natural landscape with its unique characteristics of the area such as Hatila Valley National Park and contribute to the protection of vis...

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Main Authors: Derya Sarı, Banu Karaşah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Isparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Forestry 2015-04-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Forestry
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjf/issue/20904/224541?publisher=iubu
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author Derya Sarı
Banu Karaşah
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description In the study, we conducted a visual assessment dealing with subjective and objective assessments in order to ensure the sustainability of prominent feature of the natural landscape with its unique characteristics of the area such as Hatila Valley National Park and contribute to the protection of visual values of forest ecosystems hosting different vegetation types. 9 images which contains the forest, streams and rock vegetation taken from the vista points of forest road along the route of the ongoing between 400-3000 m altitude in Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin) were used in visual assessment of this study. In the first stage of visual quality and assessment, we applied a survey using semantic differentiation techniques which contains 15 adjective pairs to landscape architects and graduate students of department of landscape architecture, a total of 75 people. In the second stage, fractal dimension of images and relationship between the fractal dimension and visual quality scores are calculated. In the third stage, which parameters to be effective on visual quality were determined by regression analysis. Consequently, forest vegetation (V2) and stream vegetation (V4) get the highest value in terms of visual quality scores were determined. We found that the average fractal dimension score (Db = 1.691) of the images get higher value and relatively recent trend between the visual quality scores and fractal dimension values of images. The findings of the study revealed that interesting, pleasant, lively, inviting, novelty, exciting, relaxing and color parameters were the descriptive parameters for vegetation types. Based on the different vegetation types, to determine the value of visual resources of the natural landscape and incorporate in landscape planning, management and design processes will help to increase the ecological, economic and aesthetic values of these areas in the long term.
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spelling doaj.art-0d2d67b96ff847cc88d757b2a01b33c42023-02-15T16:20:22ZengIsparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of ForestryTurkish Journal of Forestry2149-38982015-04-01161657410.18182/tjf.492191656A study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin)Derya SarıBanu KaraşahIn the study, we conducted a visual assessment dealing with subjective and objective assessments in order to ensure the sustainability of prominent feature of the natural landscape with its unique characteristics of the area such as Hatila Valley National Park and contribute to the protection of visual values of forest ecosystems hosting different vegetation types. 9 images which contains the forest, streams and rock vegetation taken from the vista points of forest road along the route of the ongoing between 400-3000 m altitude in Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin) were used in visual assessment of this study. In the first stage of visual quality and assessment, we applied a survey using semantic differentiation techniques which contains 15 adjective pairs to landscape architects and graduate students of department of landscape architecture, a total of 75 people. In the second stage, fractal dimension of images and relationship between the fractal dimension and visual quality scores are calculated. In the third stage, which parameters to be effective on visual quality were determined by regression analysis. Consequently, forest vegetation (V2) and stream vegetation (V4) get the highest value in terms of visual quality scores were determined. We found that the average fractal dimension score (Db = 1.691) of the images get higher value and relatively recent trend between the visual quality scores and fractal dimension values of images. The findings of the study revealed that interesting, pleasant, lively, inviting, novelty, exciting, relaxing and color parameters were the descriptive parameters for vegetation types. Based on the different vegetation types, to determine the value of visual resources of the natural landscape and incorporate in landscape planning, management and design processes will help to increase the ecological, economic and aesthetic values of these areas in the long term.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjf/issue/20904/224541?publisher=iubu-semantic differentiation technique natural landscape fractal analysis visual quality hatila valley national park artvinanlamsal farklılaşım tekniği doğal peyzaj fraktal analiz görsel kalite hatila vadisi milli parkı artvin
spellingShingle Derya Sarı
Banu Karaşah
A study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin)
Turkish Journal of Forestry
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semantic differentiation technique
natural landscape
fractal analysis
visual quality
hatila valley national park
artvin
anlamsal farklılaşım tekniği
doğal peyzaj
fraktal analiz
görsel kalite
hatila vadisi milli parkı
artvin
title A study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin)
title_full A study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin)
title_fullStr A study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin)
title_full_unstemmed A study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin)
title_short A study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on Hatila Valley National Park (Artvin)
title_sort study of visual assessment of different vegetation types on hatila valley national park artvin
topic -
semantic differentiation technique
natural landscape
fractal analysis
visual quality
hatila valley national park
artvin
anlamsal farklılaşım tekniği
doğal peyzaj
fraktal analiz
görsel kalite
hatila vadisi milli parkı
artvin
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjf/issue/20904/224541?publisher=iubu
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