Comparison of The Role of Nature In Urban Environment As A Symbol between Korea And America

Abstract

As the urbanization trends continue, the yearning for the nature in urban environment is increasingly demanding. This kind of trend is affirmed by Lewis Mumford's argument that, in the cities of the future, ribbons of green must run through every quarter, forming a continuous web of garden and mall, widening at the edge of the city in to the protective greenbelts, so that landscape and garden will not be rural monopolies but will likewise be an integral part of urban life. It is revealed that the local scenery, that is nature and garden, is one of considering factors in evaluating places in terms of their residential desirability. Most environmental actions, whether they be the construction of a fence, the pruning of a tree, the building of a new city, or cutting of a forest, are overtly instrumental, intended to provide shelter, comfort, access, economic returns of pleasure, but they also have a symbolic dimension. Generally, gardens mirror certain cosmic values and environmental attitudes and also public open spaces reflect the common vahics and attitudes of the society. The best use of nature in urban environment can be attained by ascertaining and analyzing the every attributes of the role of nature including social and symbolic functions. This study, based on the assumption that there are many distinctive differences in the environmental perception between different countries and that diverse environmental actions originate from the different cultural background and environmental perception will deal with the comparison of role of the nature in urban environment between Korea and America in terms of environmental perception and symbolic meaning of nature Special emphasis will be placed on the geomantic environmental perception of nature in Korea and comparison of garden between Korea and America.