Evaluation of urban river landscape design rationality based on AHP

• 作 者: Qiao Lifang Zhang Yichuan Cao
• 机 构: School of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture
• 出 处: 水科学与水工程
• 发表日期: 2004年期
• 关键词: urban river river landscape design evaluation model analytic hierarchy process
• 基金项目: the Foundation for Excellent Young Teachers of Henan Institute of Science and Technology;the Scientific Research Foundation for Masters of the Henan Institute of Science and Technology

An evaluation model for the rationality of the landscape design of urban rivers was established with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method so as to provide a foundation for updating the landscape design of urban rivers. The evaluation system was divided into four layers, including the target layer, the comprehensive layer, the element layer, and the index layer. Each layer was made of different indices. The evaluation standards for each index were also given in this paper. This evaluation model was proved tenable through its application to the landscape design rationality evaluation of the Weihe River in Xinxiang City of Henan Province. The results show that the water quality, space, activity, facility, community, width of vegetation, sense of beauty and water content are among the most influential factors and should be considered the main basis for evaluating the rationality of the landscape design of urban rivers.