Visualization in Landscape and Environmental Planning

by Bishop, Ian; Lange, Eckart

• ISBN13: 9780203532003
• ISBN10: 0203532007
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134406456
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-05-10
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

An overview of issues involved in visualization technologies used in landscape and environmental planning. Covers a classification of the technology as well as a number of specialized applications across agricultural, industrial and urban planning.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Communication, perception and visualization	p. 3
Visualization classified	p. 23
Data sources for three-dimensional models	p. 35
Visualization technology	p. 51
Introduction	p. 51
Efficient modelling and rendering of landscapes	p. 56
Using games software for interactive landscape visualization	p. 62
Presentation style and technology	p. 68
Validity, reliability and ethics in visualization	p. 79
Applications in the forest landscape	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
'Calibrating' images to more accurately represent future landscape conditions in forestry	p. 104
Studying the acceptability of forest management practices using visual simulation of forest regrowth	p. 112
Planning, communicating, designing and decision making for large scale landscapes	p. 120
The role of landscape simulators in forestry : a Finnish perspective	p. 125
Applications in the agricultural landscape	p. 133
Introduction	p. 133
Designing, visualizing and evaluating sustainable agricultural landscapes	p. 136
Helping rural communities envision their future	p. 145
Lenne3D - walk-through visualization of planned landscapes	p. 152
Applications in energy, industry and infrastructure	p. 163
Introduction	p. 163
Visualizing scenic resource impacts : proposed surface mining and solid waste sanitary landfill	p. 166
The provision of visualization tools for engaging public and professional audiences	p. 175
The visualization of windfarms	p. 184
Applications in the urban landscape	p. 193
Introduction	p. 193
Future scenarios of peri-urban green space	p. 195
Negotiating public view protection and high density in urban design	p. 203
Combining visualization with choice experimentation in the built environment	p. 212
Visualization prospects	p. 223
Introduction	p. 223
Compositing of computer graphics with landscape video sequences	p. 226
Future use of augmented reality for environmental and landscape planners	p. 234
Visualization and participatory decision making	p. 241
Visualization in support of public participation	p. 251
Trends, challenges and a glimpse of the future	p. 261
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