Visualization in Landscape and Environmental Planning: Technology and Applications

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Eckart Lange, Ian D. Bishop
Taylor & Francis, 2005 - Architecture - 296 pages

This major reference presents the challenges, issues and directions of computer-based visualization of the natural and built environment and the role of such visualization in landscape and environmental planning. It offers a uniquely systematic approach to the potential of visualization and the writers are acknowledged experts in their field of specialization. Case studies are presented to illustrate many aspects of landscape management including forestry, agriculture, ecology, mining and urban development.

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Contents

Communication perception and visualization
3
Visualization classified
23
Data sources for threedimensional models
35
Visualization technology
51
Validity reliability and ethics in visualization
79
Applications in the forest landscape
101
Studying the acceptability of forest management practices
112
Planning communicating designing and decision making
120
Applications in energy industry and infrastructure
163
The provision of visualization tools for engaging public
175
The visualization of windfarms
184
Applications in the urban landscape
193
Visualization prospects
223
Visualization in support of public participation
251
References
267
Index
293

Applications in the agricultural landscape
133

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