Potential of 3D Visualization for Collaborative Rural Landscape Planning with Remote Participants

Kenichiro Onitsuka, Kento Ninomiya and Satoshi Hoshino
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Kenichiro Onitsuka: Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
Kento Ninomiya: Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
Satoshi Hoshino: Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 9, 1-24

Abstract: Rural populations are aging and declining, which has reduced the capacity for rural landscape conservation. Thus, collaborative governance with non-local stakeholders is essential to foster innovative ideas by combining knowledge bases. In the current digital era, remote actors can play a part in rural governance across boundaries through information technology. This study focused on the potential of 3D visualization for rural landscape planning and examined the effects and challenges of using 3D models for collaboration with non-local stakeholders. We conducted a survey with remote participants about a rural village landscape, using 3D models created from drone-shot aerial photos, and then discussed the findings with local stakeholders in a workshop in the village. We found that, by using 3D models, various opinions could be obtained from non-local stakeholders who had never seen the actual landscape. They used the 3D model to view the landscape from various perspectives and it enabled participants to accurately grasp local situations and problems. However, some of the opinions gathered in the survey were unrealistic for actual landscape planning. We conclude that 3D models are a useful tool to incorporate external opinions into rural landscape planning across temporal and spatial boundaries, to maintain healthy rural landscapes.

Keywords: landscape planning; 3D model; drone; rural village; collaboration; landscape perception (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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