The visual exposure in forest and rural landscapes: An algorithm and a GIS tool

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Domingo Santos, Juan M ^a   de Villarán, Rubén Fernández ^a   Rapp Arrarás, Ígor ^a   de Provens, Eva Corral Pazos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Forest management; GIS; Land use planning; Visual impact

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; SURVEYING;

CLEARCUTTING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LAND USE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; OBSERVATION POINT; REGULAR SQUARE GRIDS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; VISUAL IMPACTS;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; CLEARCUTTING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GIS; LAND USE CHANGE; LAND USE PLANNING; PRECISION; QUARRYING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TERRAIN; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GIS; LAND USE; PLANNING; SURVEYING;

EID: 79953725977     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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