Visual Impact Assessment - Key Resources

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by Departmental Faculty

The Legal Landscape: Guidelines for Regulating Environmental and Aesthetic Quality

by Richard C. Smardon and James P. Karp (1993)

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

Foundations for Visual Project Analysis

by Richard C. Smardon, James F. Palmer, and John P. Felleman (1986)

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

 

Visual Resources Assessment Procedure for US Army Corps of Engineers by Richard C. Smardon, James F. Palmer, Alfred Knopf, Kate Grinde, Jim E. Henderson, and Linda D. Peyman-Dove (1988)

Prototype Visual Impact Assessment Manual by Richard C. Smardon (1979)

Proceedings of

Our National Landscape

A Conference on Applied Techniques for Analysis and Management of the Visual Resource

Gary H. Elsner and Richard C. Smardon, eds. (1979)

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

 

by Other Authors

 

Environmental and Aesthetic Impacts of Small Docks and Piers by Ruth Kelty and Steve Bliven (2003)

The Human Factor in Mining Reclamation by Belinda F. Arbogast, Daniel H. Knepper, Jr., and William H. Langer (2000)

 

Landscape Aesthetics: A Handbook for Scenery Management

by Lee Roger Anderson (1995)

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

 

Other Sites

Bureau of Land Management - Visual Resource Management