Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes

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. Tadahiko Higuchi is Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at Yamanashi University.Higuchi, Tadahiko is the author of 'Visual and Spatial Structure of Landscapes', published 1983 under ISBN 9780262081207 and ISBN 0262081202.