Abstract:As a vital component of urban scenic landscapes, plant landscapes play a key role inbuilding Guilin into a world-class tourist city. Research on plant landscapes based onfunctional zoning helps to more precisely protect scenic resources and improve thequality of green spaces. Taking the Two Rivers and Four Lakes, Elephant Hill Scenic Areaas the study area, an evaluation system for plant landscapes was constructed using theAHP-TOPSIS method to rank the landscape quality of each functional zone and analyzeconfiguration pattern. The study indicates that visual quality and artistic value are the coreelements in enhancing recreational experiences through plant landscape construction,followed by the health and stability of plant communities. The quality of plant landscapesin each zone, ranked by relative closeness in descending order, is as follows: Historicaland Cultural Areas, Famous Mountain Sightseeing Areas, Service and Management Areas,Ancient Residential and Architectural Areas, Riverside Greenway Areas, and LakesideLeisure Areas. Based on functional zoning, five high-quality plant configuration modelssuitable for each area were summarized, and propose refined configuration pattern oftargeted measures and addressing both symptoms and root causes' for four types of areas:waterfront, mountain forest, cultural education, and service management.
