Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

by Landscape Institute

• ISBN13: 9780419203803
• ISBN10: 041920380X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-01-01
• Publisher: Spon Pr

Summary

These good practice guidelines provide advice on assessing the landscape and the visual impacts of development projects. Issues covered by the guidelines include integration of landscape and visual issues into the development process; the need for a transparent approach to landscape and visual impact assessment; describing the baseline conditions; determining the magnitude and significance of impacts; and reviewing the landscape and visual components of an EIS.
The guidelines will enable developers and decision makers to be aware of the issues to be addressed by this type of assessment as well as providing environmental consultants with a framework for good practice.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Summary
Introduction	p. 1
Good practice in landscape and visual impact assessment	p. 7
Guidelines for landscape and visual impact assessment	p. 25
Consultation, review and implementation	p. 73
Abbreviations	p. 89
Glossary	p. 90
References	p. 93
Other reading	p. 95
Appendix One The EA Process	p. 96
Appendix Two Projects requiring environmental assessment (summary of Schedule 1 and 2 projects and DoE's indicative criteria and thresholds for Schedule 2 projects)	p. 98
Appendix Three Types of determining authorities for environmental assessment	p. 108
Appendix Four Institute of Environmental Assessment review criteria for environmental assessment	p. 110
Appendix Five List of environmental assessment regulations	p. 115
Appendix Six Guidelines on photomontage and CAD	p. 118
Index	p. 125
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