A route-based visibility analysis for landscape management

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-24

  Chamberlain, Brent C ^a   Meitner, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

GIS; Landscape planning; Perception; Viewshed; Visibility; Visual Magnitude

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

BIOSPHERE RESERVE; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; VIEWSHED; VISIBILITY ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY EVALUATIONS; VISUAL MAGNITUDES;

VISIBILITY;

DECISION MAKING; GIS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; UNESCO; VISIBILITY; VISION; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84872799953     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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