Visual pollution is a relatively new concern amidst the existing plethora of mainstream
environmental pollution, recommending the necessity for research to conceptualize,
formalize, quantify and assess it from different dimensions. The purpose of this study is to
create a new field of automated visual pollutant classification, harnessing the technological
prowess of the 21 st century for applications in environmental management. From the wide
range of visual pollutants, four categories have been considered viz.(i) billboards and …

Visual pollution is a relatively new concern amidst the existing plethora of mainstream
environmental pollution, recommending the necessity for research to conceptualize,
formalize, quantify and assess it from different dimensions. The purpose of this study is to
create a new field of automated visual pollutant classification, harnessing the technological
prowess of the 21st century for applications in environmental management. From the wide
range of visual pollutants, four categories have been considered viz.(i) billboards and …