An open source GIS tool to quantify the visual impact of wind turbines and photovoltaic panels

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-78

  Minelli, Annalisa ^a   Marchesini, Ivan ^b   Taylor, Faith E ^c   De Rosa, Pierluigi ^d   Casagrande, Luca ^e   Cenci, Michele ^f  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e Gfosservices SA Open Source GIS WebGIS Solutions Spatial Data Infrastructures Planning and Counseling   (Italy)

^f Servizio Energia qualità dell'ambiente   (Italy)

Author keywords

GRASS GIS; Landscape; Photovoltaic panels; Visual impact; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; WIND POWER;

GRASS GIS; LANDSCAPE; OPEN-SOURCE GIS; PERCEIVED SHAPE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; PLANNING PROCESS; TERRAIN MORPHOLOGY; VISUAL IMPACTS;

WIND TURBINES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ENERGY PLANNING; GIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE; SOLAR POWER; WIND TURBINE;

EID: 84905370879     PISSN: 01959255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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