Landscape Planning on the Highland Tropical of Thailand:

• Main Authors: Jitarpa Chomchoei, 紀塔愛
• Other Authors: Robert C. Lo
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/36023659324536843865

碩士 === 國立屏東科技大學 === 熱帶農業暨國際合作系所 === 99 === Agriculture is the primary rural activity for living. Food and agriculture is at the heart of civilizations. Many religions and cultures celebrate various aspects of food and agriculture due to the importance in communities. Nowadays, its big-scaled agriculture still suffers of commercial problems and environmental issues. For an issue that goes to the heart of humanity. Agro-tourism is prominent part of landscape architecture to sustainable development for keeping the aim to exploit natural and socio-cultural resources, and inherited farming practices allowing earning a complementary income. This research takes Phetchabun Highland Agricultural Development and Research Center, Khao kho District, Phetchabun Province, Thailand as a study site. Where responds on plant research, distribution yield seedling, agricultural products and agro-tourism project. 10% of tourists had been there if compared with other tourist attractions in the Khao kho National Park. The main issue to success on agro-tourism rest upon environmental and landscape planning base on agro-tourism framework to improve the attractive area. The landscape planning was followed from the targets’ suggestion to improve the sustainable tourist attraction. This research was started by the knowledge and experiences of the designer. An achievable practice were collecting primary data, secondary data by observe and survey the real place on agro-tourism, eco-tourism, cultural tourism and agricultural areas in Taiwan including 2010 and 2011 Taiwan international orchid show at Tainan province, 2010 Taipei international flora exposition, Pingtung cultural agricultural and touring country, Kenting national park, Kenting national forest recreation area, Taiwan indigenous peoples cultural park and Liuchiu island. The data on stages of the environment planning including the landscape planning were responded to the human’s requirement to provide the topmost advantage for health or activities, arranged exuberant aesthetics to beauty temper happiness, for the experiment, education or research. Environment and Landscape management must be concerned to how to protect the area, the potential of the area, the environment, culture and social to obtain the highest usefulness, for showing the tourist attractive. The landscape planning was started from art components to integrate the mood of whole and collected fact by observe data directly relate to the way of life, culture and environment to improve the beautiful place for living and maintaining environment friendly. The knowledge of Taiwan were summarized and evaluated to the Khao kho landscape planning. According to the acceptant planning was studied on respondent's feedback: 50 agriculturists who have been living around the research area, 50 officers who have been working at the research area, and 50 tourists who were traveling the research area and 28 the landscaper who have been related on the landscape planning and design in the University and government sectors. The results in the 11 questionnaires were showed in the respondents have gotten to sustainable agro-tourism knowledge with the most acceptant level. Also the 29 questionnaires of the adjustable landscape planning of 4 respondent groups were gotten very and the most acceptant levels, although the acceptant levels of different groups were significantly different opinions at the .05 level. The opinions and suggestions had been processed to adaptable and adjustable the landscape planning and design. That the aim to describes the rationale for developing this agro-tourism framework.