Automating the visual resource management and harvest design process

Chamberlain, Brent C.; Meitner, Michael J.

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.10.015

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“…Many of the studies attempted to quantify visual impact by developing objective indices (e.g., Torres-Sibille et al, 2007;Rodrigues et al, 2010;, Chamberlain & Meitner, 2009;Domingo-Santos et al, 2011), while some others investigate human response to the visual effect of developments (e.g., Bishop and Miller, 2007;Cloquell-Ballester et al, 2012;Tempesta et al, 2014). Objective indices can be helpful in reflecting changes in the physical properties of the visual landscape, however, how viewers respond to the changes is also very important in measuring visual impact, as visual landscape quality is determined by the interaction of the physical properties of the landscape and the perception of human viewers (Daniel, 2001).…”

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Effect of traffic noise on perceived visual impact of motorway traffic

Jiang

Kang

2016

Landscape and Urban Planning

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Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) eprints@whiterose.ac.uk https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Reuse Unless indicated otherwise, fulltext items are protected by copyright with all rights reserved. The copyright exception in section 29 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 allows the making of a single copy solely for the purpose of non-commercial research or private study within the limits of fair dealing. The publisher or other rights-holder may allow further reproduction and re-use of this version -refer to the White Rose Research Online record for this item. Where records identify the publisher as the copyright holder, users can verify any specific terms of use on the publisher's website. TakedownIf you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request. AbstractVisual impact is one of the major environmental impacts of motorways and requires adequate assessment. This study investigated the effect of traffic noise on the perceived visual impact of motorway traffic by comparing impact with sound to impact without sound. Computer visualisation and edited audio recordings were used to simulate different traffic and landscape scenarios, varying in four traffic conditions, two types of landscape, and three viewing distances. Subjective visual judgments on the simulated scenes with and without sound were obtained in a laboratory experiment. The results show that motorway traffic induced significant visual impact. In both sound conditions, increases in traffic volume led to higher visual impact and changes in traffic composition changed the impact significantly when traffic flow was low. Visual impact was significantly higher in the natural landscape and the increment was largely constant and independent from the effect of traffic condition in both sound conditions. The effect of viewing distance was also significant and there was a rapid-to-gentle decrease of visual impact by distance both with and without sound, but the decrease with sound was less rapid and the decrease pattern less clear. Overall, introduction of traffic noise increased the visual impact by a largely constant level which did not show clear dependence with noise level, traffic condition, landscape type, or viewing distance, although there was a possible effect of viewing distance on the increase. It suggests that the additional impact caused by traffic noise should be considered in visual impact assessment of motorway projects.

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Effect of traffic noise on perceived visual impact of motorway traffic

Jiang

Kang

2016

Landscape and Urban Planning

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“…This will mean automating certain aspects of design and reserve placement (see Chamberlain and Meitner 2009) using various spatial and qualitative constraints which the planner directs. The intent for this system would be to help optimize the ratio of harvestable timber to visual impact, yet still be simple and intuitive enough for planners to use effectively.…”

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Applications of visual magnitude in forest planning: A case study

Chamberlain

Meitner²,

Ballinger³

2015

The Forestry Chronicle

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Recent impacts from the Mountain Pine Beetle epidemic, the lack of available timber in areas of lower elevation, and the reduction in back-country timber has pushed forest operations into publicly significant and visible landscapes. When these become the stage for operations they can be a source of public backlash. These kinds of landscapes are carefully protected by governments, yet, this protection may reduce timber availability. We have developed a new GIS-based tool to aid planners in designing harvests in these areas. Our tool is applied to three case studies in British Columbia to showcase how it can reduce planning time, increase timber availability and limit the negative visible effects of operations.Keywords: Visual Magnitude, Viewshed, Visual Resource Management, Planning, GIS, Visibility, Visually Sensitive Areas RÉSUMÉ Les conséquences récentes de l' épidémie de dendroctone du pin ponderosa, la pénurie de bois disponible dans les régions de faibles altitudes et la réduction de la disponibilité des bois de l'arrière-pays ont fait en sorte que les opérations d' exploitation forestière se font maintenant dans des paysages beaucoup plus visibles aux yeux du public. Lorsque ceux-ci sont deviennent la scène des opérations, ils peuvent devenir une source de mécontentement public. Ce type de paysage est soigneusement protégé par les gouvernements, mais cette protection peut entraîner une réduction de la disponibilité en matière ligneuse. Nous avons élaboré un nouvel outil établi à partir d'un système d'information géographique (SIG) dans le but d'aider les planificateurs à concevoir les blocs d' exploitation sur ces superficies. Notre outil est utilisé dans le cas de trois études réalisées en Colombie-Britannique afin de démontrer comment il permet de réduire la durée de la planification, d'accroître la disponibilité de la matière ligneuse et de limiter les impacts visuels négatifs des opérations.

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“…It can be used to evaluate alternative management strategies and to effectively communicate the impacts of those strategies to diverse stakeholder groups. In addition, 3-D visualization can depict the structure and composition of landscapes, and also portray spatial and temporal changes resulting from different natural disturbances or management strategies [5,15,18,42,43] The value of such 3-D landscape visualization depends on accuracy and realism, which will depend on the quality of the supporting data and the validity of the simulation models [22,48]. In order to produce 3-D visualization that can be viewed with confidence by various public groups, we must be assured of the accuracy of the underlying forest data and the application of this data to simulation models.…”

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Three-Dimensional Landscape Visualizations: New Technique towards Wildfire and Forest Bark Beetle Management

Chou

Song

Hedden

et al. 2010

Forests

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After a century of fire exclusion, western US forests are vulnerable to wildfire and bark beetles. Although integrated fire and pest management programs (e.g., prescribed burning and thinning) are being implemented efficiently, damage to forests continues.Management challenges come in the forms of diverse land ownership, dynamic forest landscapes, the uncertainty effect of management strategies, and social interaction of the increasing wildland-urban interface. Three-dimensional (3-D) landscape visualization is comprised of multi-spatial, multi-temporal, and multi-expression elements. Supplemented with GIS database, remote sensing images, and simulation models, this technique can provide a comprehensive communication medium for decision makers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public with diverse backgrounds on the wildfire and forest bark beetle management. The technique we describe here can be used to organize complicated temporal and spatial information, evaluate alternative management operations, and OPEN ACCESSForests 2010, 1 83 improve decision-making processes. The application and limitations of our technique are also discussed.

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Automating the visual resource management and harvest design process

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Effect of traffic noise on perceived visual impact of motorway traffic

Effect of traffic noise on perceived visual impact of motorway traffic

Applications of visual magnitude in forest planning: A case study

Three-Dimensional Landscape Visualizations: New Technique towards Wildfire and Forest Bark Beetle Management

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