Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has become a vital management tool worldwide. EIA is a means of evaluating the likely consequences of a proposed major action which will …
Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment provides students and practitioners with a clearly structured overview of the subject, as well as critical analysis and support for further …
After more than 25 years of continuous development, Danish wind-energy landscapes are due for face changes. On-shore construction has ceased and necessary re-powering …
Winner of the 2017 EDRA Great Places Award (Research Category) Winner of the 2017 VT ASLA Chapter Award of Excellence (Communications Category) The Renewable Energy …
JF Palmer - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019 - Elsevier
Visual impact assessments (VIAs) rely primarily on key observation points (KOP). However, the analysis is highly dependent on the selected viewpoints. An analysis using a GIS-based …
Impacts to landscapes have been identified as major drivers of social opposition against renewable energy projects. We investigate how the process of mitigating landscape impacts …
This paper offers a review of the UK EIA system, providing insights into its evolution and reflecting on perceptions of effectiveness of the EIA system. The work adopts a similar …
Visual impact assessment (VIA) concerns the identification and evaluation of the potential impacts that a proposed activity might have on the visual quality of a landscape and makes …
GD Mouflis, IZ Gitas, S Iliadou, GH Mitri - Landscape and urban planning, 2008 - Elsevier
Marble extraction is an economically important and widespread activity in Greece that exists since historical times. The extraction takes place by open-pit quarries in hill slopes. The …