Visual Impact Assessment
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Proceedings for Our National Landscape
A Conference on Applied Techniques for Analysis and Management of the Visual Resource
April 23-25, 1979, Incline Village, Nevada
Front and back cover and insides
Table of Contents
Introductions
Simulated field trips
Visual technology
Descriptive approaches
Computerized/quantified approaches
Psychometric/social science approaches
VIA method evaluation
Surface mining
Urbanization and highways
Figures
Recreation development
Rural/agricultural development
Energy & utilities
Timber management
Water resource development
Coastal development
Landscape management systems
Legal and policy tools
New dimensions of VIA
Future directions
Annotated Bibliography and Expertise Index:
Introduction & using index
Expertise index
Keyword index
Author index
Annotated bibliography
Audio-visual aids & appendices
Foundations for Visual Project Analysis
by Felleman, Palmer and Smardon
Front Matter and Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Landscape Values
Chapter 2: Decision making Model
Chapter 3: Visual Physiology
Chapter 4: Visual Visibility
Chapter 5: Environmental Perception
Chapter 6: Wildland Description and Analysis
Chapter 7: Countryside Landscape Assessment
Chapter 8: Urban Visual Description and Analysis
Chapter 9: Agency Methodology
Chapter 10: Assessment of Landscape Quality
Chapter 11: Simulating Changes in the Landscape
Chapter 12: Visual Impact Assessment: Natural and Rural
Chapter 13: Visual Impact Assessment in Urban Environments
Chapter 14: International Case Study
Chapter 15: International Case Study
Chapter 16: International Case Study
Illustrated Glossary and Index
The Legal Landscape
by Karp and Smardon
Front Matter and Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Nature and Sources of Law
Chapter 2: Managing the Community Landscape
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Law and Aesthetics
Chapter 4: Current Status of Aesthetics: State by State
Chapter 5: Zoning and Land Use Control
Chapter 6: Architectural Regulation, Preservation & Design review
Chapter 7: Outdoor Advertising and Sign Control
Chapter 8: Scenic View Protection
Chapter 9: Wilderness & Natural Area Preservation
Chapter 10: Environmentally Sensitive Areas
Chapter 11: Aesthetic Project Review
Chapter 12: Surface Mining
Chapter 13: Timber Harvesting & Vegetation Protection
Chapter 14: Facility Siting
Chapter 15: Litigation & Aesthetic Analysis
Chapter 16: Issues and trends
Book Index
US Forest Service Scenic Management System
Front matter and Table of Contents
Summary
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Appendixes A-E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
Glossary
References
Visual Resources Assessment Procedure for US Army Corps of Engineersby Richard C. Smardon, James F. Palmer, Alfred Knopf, Kate Grinde |
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Environmental and Aesthetic Impacts of Small Docks and Piers |
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Human Factor in Mining Reclamation |
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Prototype Visual Impact Assessment Manual |
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