The purpose of this study was to analyze physiological reactions and visual preferences for lawn and flowerbed preferred by mental patients, and green space which is highly related with healing effects. Subjects were 25 mild cases of schizophrenia, who on the recommendation of their doctor, resided in psychiatric hospitals located in Jeollabuk-do, Korea. The survey was carried out in August 2010. The subjects were shown computer graphic simulations by a beam projector, and then brain wave and preferences were measured. In regards to physiological responses, the separate arrangement of tree cluster promoted a sense of stability and vitality, simultaneously. In the aspect of visual preferences, just one mass was preferred. The natural landscape planting pattern was visually preferred. There was a difference in preferences for the planting proportion of evergreen and deciduous trees in the leaf-fall and leaf-color seasons, but when both of them are taken into consideration, it is advisable that 75% of trees planted be occupied by evergreens to encourage emotional stability. The higher the ratio of tree to a lawn, the higher the visual preference. The ratio of 1:1 or 1:0.5 between a lawn and trees is advisable if the physiological effect is considered, but creating a lawn alone should be avoided. With regard to color preferences for the flower bed, orange was visually preferred. Pink was desirable to create a sense of emotional stability, and red to physiologically revitalize the subjects.

This study aims to understand the their characteristics and analyze the diverse landscape plants distributed in the traditional temples. We surveyed the landscape plants that the planting species around building and terraced flower bed, excluded the spontaneous species. The contents of analysis were form, leaf fall and type, exotic species and the Buddhist symbol plant. Mostly, the families of landscape plants that rosaceae, compositae and liliaceae were much used. The rosaceae were used in landscape planting, and compositae and liliaceae were used in terraced flower bed and flower garden. Especially, a single planting, a linear planting and symmetrical planting most occupied in the planting types. This reason seemed the object and function of religion. There were lots of trees and shrubs in the form, and they were main material for formation of landscape and frame. Therefore, the temple landscape was composed of landscape plants and planting types and fell into chime with these components. The deciduous broad leaved was many in the leaf fall and type. The aesthetic value is a deciduous broad leaved directed by the external features of nutrition and reproductive organs with plants and flowers, recording, leaves, fruits, and non-seasonal forms along with the variety of landscapes inspectors by providing visual variety, because expression. Exotic species were introduced intentionally, unintentionally for a variety of purposes in a foreign species, naturalized plants invasive species was the wild country to adapt to the environment. Exotic materials will have to be rejected unconditionally, but indiscriminate use of space in a traditional review of the planting material is necessary because of the high potential to inhibit and distort the traditional landscape. Buddhist symbol plant is a very important feature as plants that have the least Buddhist doctrine and has a meaning and a symbol representing the Buddhist, the inspectors can show the difference with other scenic areas.

In 2010, Gwanmaedo was selected by the National Park Service as the brand village to develop tourism. The purpose of this research was to identify the factors influencing the island’s residents’ understanding of, and attitudes toward, emerging socioeconomic and environmental changes in relation to creating the brand village and to define the most influential and significant factor. This study used the SPSS 21.0 program to perform frequency, reliability, factor, and principal component regression analysis. An adequate 18 of the total 23 variables were used to conduct the factor analysis. As a result, a total of five factors were extracted, and these factors can determine 73.35 % of the total variances. To predict the most influential factor affected the residents’ attitudes toward tourism development, a multiple regression analysis was carried out; the analysis of four elements that relate to the social factor, such as increased crime rate, gambling, moral disorder, and loss of local traditions, indicate that the development of tourism and designation of Gwanmaedo as the brand village have not had negative effects in the area. Compared with previous studies, the results of this research show that the residents’ attitudes have positively changed toward the brand village. The findings also emphasize that enabling, supporting, and motivating the locals’ involvement in the planning and implementation processes of a project can be important for its successful development.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current status of the creation of indoor gardens in elementary, middle, and high-schools in Gyeongsangnam-do (province) as part of a program to make schools comfortable and beautiful, and for use as base line data when introducing indoor gardens to schools. The participating schools comprised all 536 elementary, 306 middle, and 191 high schools in Gyeongsangnam-do, and the study was conducted between Dec. 20th, 2014 and July 23rd, 2015. The results demonstrate that indoor gardens were introduced to Gyeongsangnam-do schools in 2010, and, since then, 35 elementary and 3 middle schools have created indoor gardens, which is a low adoption rate. Eight-four percent of these indoor gardens were created for appreciation purposes only, without rest facilities. Indoor plants were the main material used for scene configurations, followed by rocks and sculptures. Taking into consideration that 92% of all indoor gardens were created in elementary schools, the current location of gardens near the main entrance, mainly for appreciation purposes, should be changed to areas in which students can play and rest, which would lead to an increase in students’ usage rate.

Since Taejongdae Resort Park’s designation as the first tourist area in 1969, a total of 230 domestic tourist areas have been designated, constructed, and operated thus far. Forty-seven years after the first tourist area designation, 38.8% of domestic tourist areas are now in a stage of stagnation/decline. As these declining domestic tourist areas only play their role as normal tourist areas during peak season, this study examined the causes of decline in tourist areas in general and of each tourist area in particular, so that the analysis could be used as basic data for the regeneration/revitalization of tourist areas. In order to understand the causes of decline, an index of cause of decline in tourist areas was drawn up. Data were collected based on this index, with tourist areas in the stagnation/decline stage as the target, which was drawn from previous research. Based on the results, factor analysis was conducted on both decline cause and discriminant analysis to understand the causes of decline in each tourist area. The results demonstrate that the diverse uses for tourists, sustainability, and preservation of tourism resources have a huge influence as internal factors, while the external capital investment and competitiveness of tourism resources have a huge influence as external factors. As this study only analyzed the quantitative index in accordance with physical characteristics, it is necessary to conduct additional research based on qualitative indices. In this case, this study could be used as basic data. This study is expected to be applied as basic research to seek solutions for each cause of stagnation/ decline in tourist areas, and also to establish measures to regenerate/revitalize those areas.

The previous social welfare system medical treatment, economy, society, etc, failed to guarantee “quality of life,” in various respects. In such a situation, green areas can be devised as an alternative means of directly improving the quality of life. Furthermore, natural resources and ecosystem services are essential elements of environmental welfare that have the purpose of supporting health and quality of life. However, despite the importance of such green space, it is often unavailable and there is a great disparity in its distribution among different regions in urbanized areas where residents are intensively dispersed. Therefore, the present study suggests a plan for reducing the regional imbalances in the green environment by using distributive equality and visual access as indexes, and Dalseo-gu, Daegu Metropolitan City as the subject; the research results are deemed to be sufficient for carrying out the important role of providing the basic data necessary for establishing future environmental welfare policy. An examination of the analysis results are as follows. First, Gamsam-dong was revealed to need additional green areas; out of the 167 spaces that were regarded as possible for green biotope construction, 48 spaces appeared possible for additional green biotope construction. However, only 10 spaces were assessed as having the potential for actual green biotope construction, excluding the spaces affected by local green environments. Moreover, given a concern with green equality, a final two were deducted as additional green spaces. The present study is significant in that it accomplishes visual accessibility analysis in terms of visual quality, including the effects of aesthetic enjoyment along with distributive equality from green biotopes; the relevant subfactors include green area supply and demand when constructing additional green biotopes to realize a city with improved environmental welfare. However, the present study is limited in terms of failing to consider the green biotope of local administrative districts affecting the target area of the study because it analyzes equality and disconnected green areas for selecting additional green biotope spaces using Dalseo-gu Daegu as its subject.

A garden festival is characterized by its nature as a garden exhibition event. The Seoul Garden Festival was held to expand garden culture, increasing citizens’ quality of life, and also to achieve urban regeneration through discovery and development of features of various gardens in Seoul. Mother’s Garden of Memory is based on the motif of the gardens tended by mothers in the past, and inspires recollection of related memories and stories. Gardens tended by mothers in the past can be encountered today in everyday life as practical living gardens. Facilities and suitable space sizes for a living garden were selected based on previous research results. The exhibition garden was designed to include a fruit tree hill, medicinal plant/herb garden, and butterfly garden in its planting space; a vegetable garden in its multi-purpose space and production space; a pond in its waterscape space; and a seating wall in its resting space. Additionally, the garden’s plants consisted primarily of species that were suitable for the characteristics of each space, could be tended practically, and could be accessed easily. Finally, a garden management plan was established to provide a model for living gardens, ensuring that these gardens could be continuously sustained.

The goal of this master plan is to utilize the historical and cultural landscape resources of Deokjin park, with a thousand years of history, to improve the park’s value, promote the creative development of the historical and cultural landscape, increase the number of tourists, and tourists’ experience elating to traditional culture in the northern district of Jeonju, Korea. To establish master plan, this study analyzed the location, natural environment, and human environment of Deokjin park. The target of this study was limited to the area surrounding Deokjinji within Deokjin park. In order to reflect visitors’ opinions, a survey was conducted relating to the tourism resources around Deokjinji. “Masterpiece of the world! Deokjin park” was selected as a vision statement for the park. The theme of the master plan for the area surrounding Deokjinji is “Pure love that has bloomed for a millennium in Deokjinji,” with the motifs of millennial history and lotus flowers. The development strategy includes thematizing the love of Deokjinji over a thousand years, strengthening the connections with nearby resources, and specializing in the nightscape and nighttime activities. This study suggested the following as facilities for year-round tourism: a traditional dike to reinforce the historic nature of Deokjinji; a performing ferryboat that connects Deokjinji with Jeonju Pansori (traditional dramatic songs); a water lily greenhouse and a botanical garden of sweet-flags/lotuses, thereby using lotuses, as the representative resource of Deokjinji. In particular, the dike around Deokjinji has been designed as the millennial love dike trail, taking into account the historic nature and structural significance based on its thousand-year history and its unique curved shape.