Visualisation Techniques for Landscape Evaluation

Literature Review

Landscape Evaluation

Introduction

Landscape evaluation methods

Landscape components

Use of models to predict preference

Landscape Preference and Perception

Introduction

Socio-demographic factors in landscape preference

Medium of presentation

Other visual and non-visual effects

Effects of and preferences for landscapes

Geographic information systems and cognitive criteria

Visualisation Techniques

Introduction

Photo-realism, schematic images and validity

Rendering

Tree and forest simulation

Visual Impact Assessment

Introduction

Types of visibility analysis

The application of Visual Impact Assessment

Appendix

Decision Support Systems, Environmental Models, Visualisation Systems and GIS

Introduction

Decision Support Systems

Models

Visualisation and Decision Support Systems

Geographical Information Systems in Decision Support