“Desert Oasis” and “Pastoral Landscape” — Discriminating the origin mode of landscape aesthetics of the East and the West

This thesis analyzes the interaction mechanisms of the system of geographical nature to the system of landscape aesthetics, and proposes two origin modes which are "Desert Oasis" mode derived from dry and hot climate, and vulnerable ecological environment in the Near East, and "Pastoral Landscape" mode derived from humid climate and favorable ecological environment in East Asia. They have more different aesthetic concepts and landscape features. These two origin modes are followed by the two factions of the world garden, which are the regular garden of the West and the naturalizing garden of the East.