Whither scenic beauty? Visual landscape quality assessment in the 21st century

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 54, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 267-281

  Daniel, Terry C ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecosystem management; Landscape aesthetics; Landscape quality assessment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VISUALIZATION;

QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ESTHETICS; FUTURE PROSPECT; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0035946884     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(01)00141-4     Document Type: Article

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