• DOI:10.1007/s11355-006-0014-8
• Corpus ID: 31234343

Landscape ecology planning principles in Korean Feng-Shui, Bi-bo woodlands and ponds

@article{Whang2006LandscapeEP,
  title={Landscape ecology planning principles in Korean Feng-Shui, Bi-bo woodlands and ponds},
  author={Bo-Chul Whang and Myung Woo Lee},
  journal={Landscape and Ecological Engineering},
  year={2006},
  volume={2},
  pages={147-162}
}

• B. Whang, M. Lee
• Published 28 October 2006
• Environmental Science
• Landscape and Ecological Engineering

The purpose of this study is to suggest practical planning principles, which are absent in landscape ecology planning, according to which the spatial completeness of the watershed is derived from native Korean Feng-Shui (). Landscape ecology planning principles are used widely in contemporary planning projects in terms of patch, corridor, matrix and network of landscape pattern. However, landscape indices for planning principles are complicated and constrained, and so are limited to applications for site and eco-village plannings. Native Korean Feng-Shui is different from Chinese Feng-Shui in that it is aimed at theoretical completeness in terms of aspect and topographical shape, based on the concept of ideal Myung-dang () to complete the space, according to local conditions in the physiognomy of the watershed. The complementary method is called Bi-bo () in native Korean Feng-Shui. These principles have been applied in traditional Korean villages, leading to consistent location choices and fractal patterns in land use. Furthermore, Bi-bo woodlands and ponds have been introduced to achieve spatial completeness in the landscape structure of the village.