The Relationships between Landscape Ecology Structure and Residences\' Natural Perception

The dependent variables were defined generally as residences\' perceptions toward their living environment, which includes the perception of nature and their overall perception of satisfaction. The result shows that the landscape ecology structures of woods and farmland have significant relationships with residences\' perception. The Mean Shape Index（MSI）and the Area-Weighted MSI（AWMIS）of farmland patches have significant relationship with residences\' perception of natural and living satisfaction.

Also, there is a significant relationship between residents’ natural perception and their living satisfaction. Further studies related to the urban and the rural areas of the various kinds of land use patterns, especially in the suburban areas of Taiwan are suggested.