Open AccessUNSOLVED THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN AESTHETIC ASSESSMENT OF LANDSCAPES
Author(s) -
Roman Gorbunov,
Vladimir Tabunshchik,
Tatiana Gorbunova
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
geografičeskij vestnik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2079-7877
DOI - 10.17072/2079-7877-2020-3-6-22
Subject(s) - objectivism , subjectivism , terrain , point (geometry) , landscape assessment , computer science , epistemology , aesthetics , management science , geography , landscape design , environmental resource management , mathematics , environmental science , engineering , art , cartography , philosophy , geometry
The paper considers the main problems associated with the aesthetic assessment of landscapes: the objectivist and subjectivist approaches to the assessment, the relationship between the concepts ‗landscape‘ and scenery‘, the problem of choosing terrain viewing points and viewing angles from a selected point, etc. For the most part, these issues are not yet resolved and require additional research. The problem of choosing the objectivist and subjectivist approach in aesthetic assessment of landscapes has recently become less pronounced since there is a penetration of statistical methods and the search for the optimal ratio of the final results of each approach and their integration. At the same time, the question of what is actually evaluated – landscape or scenery – has not been resolved. An analysis of most works by various authors shows that it is the scenery and its components that are subject to quantitative assessment, and not the landscape itself, which includes both visible components and those not accessible to vision (rocks, fields of meteorological elements, etc.).