| Description |
xxiii, 296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface -- Foreword -- Stephen Ervin -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Part One - Understanding Visualization -- 1. Communication, perception and visualization -- Eckart Lange and Ian Bishop -- Why Visualize? -- A Brief History -- Towards Alternative 'Realities' -- Representing Landscape Elements -- Perceptual and Societal Issues -- 2. Visualization Classified -- Ian Bishop and Eckart Lange -- The distinguishing features of visualization -- Communicating V Discovering Knowledge -- Static and dynamic display: spatial or temporal -- Levels of Interactivity -- Dimensionality -- Levels of Realism -- Single V Multiple Representations -- The concept of Virtuality: virtual reality and virtual environments -- 3. Data sources for three-dimensional models -- Ben Discoe -- Basic Concepts -- Working with Conventional Maps -- Coordinate Systems and Projections -- Elevation Data -- Image Data -- Vegetation -- Water -- Buildings and Other Artificial Structures -- Transportation - Roads, Rails, and Trails -- Conclusion -- 4. Visualization Technology -- Ian Bishop and Eckart Lange -- The Significance of Computer Power -- Efficient Modelling and Rendering of Landscapes -- Oliver Deussen, Carsten Colditz, Liviu Cocunu, Hans-Christian Hege -- Using Games Software for Interactive Landscape Visualization -- Adrian Herwig, Einar Kretzler & Philip Paar -- Presentation Style -- Presentation Environment / Technology -- Human Factors -- 5. Validity, reliability, and ethics in visualization -- Stephen Sheppard -- The Crystal Ball -- Defining a 'Good' Landscape Visualisation -- Why do we need a better Crystal Ball? -- Ethical Design for the New Crystal Ball -- Part Two - Applications -- 6 - Application in the Forest Landscape -- Introduction -- Duncan Cavens -- "Calibrating" Images to more Accurately Represent Future Landscape Conditions in Forestry -- Brian Orland -- Studying the Acceptability of Forest Management Practices using Visual Simulation of Forest Regrowth -- Ian Bishop, Rebecca Ford, Daniel Loiterton, Kathryn Williams -- Planning, Communicating, Designing, and Decision-making for Large Scale Landscapes -- Jon Salter, Stephen Sheppard, Duncan Cavens, and Michael Meitner -- Role of Landscape Simulators in Forestry: a Finnish Perspective -- Liisa Tyrvĩnen , Jori Uusitalo -- 7. Applications in the agricultural landscape -- Introduction -- Ian Bishop -- Designing, Visualizing and Evaluating Sustainable Agricultural Landscapes -- Andrew Lovett -- Helping Rural Communities Envision Their Future -- Christian Stock and Ian Bishop -- Lenn3̌D - Walk-through Visualization of Planned Landscapes -- Philip Paar & Jṟg Rekittke -- 8. Applications in Energy, Industry and Infrastructure -- Introduction -- Ian Bishop -- Visualizing Scenic Resource Impacts: Proposed Surface Mining and Solid Waste Sanitary Landfill -- John Ellsworth, Abraham Medina, Issa Hamud -- The Provision of Visualization Tools for Engaging Public and Professional Audiences -- David Miller, Jane Morrice and Alastor Coleby -- The Visualization of Windfarms -- John Benson -- 9 Applications in the urban landscape -- Introduction -- Eckart Lange -- Perception of Future Scenarios of Peri-urban Green Space -- Eckart Lange, Sigrid Hehl-Lange -- Negotiating Public View Protection and High Density in Urban Design -- John Danahy -- Combining Visualization with Choice Experimentation in the Built Environment -- Richard Laing, Anne-Marie Davies and Stephen Scott -- Part Three - Prospects -- 10. Visualization Prospects -- Introduction -- Ian Bishop and Eckart Lange -- Compositing of Computer Graphics with Landscape Video Sequences -- Eihachiro Nakamae, Xueying Qin, Katsumi Tadamura -- Future Use of Augmented Reality for Environmental and Landscape Planners -- Wayne Piekarski, Bruce Thomas -- Visualization and Participatory Decision-Making: Case Studies in Canada -- Nathan Perkins, Steve Barnhart -- Visualization in Support of Public Participation -- Michael Kwartler -- Trends, Challenges and a glimpse of the future -- Ian Bishop and Eckart Lange -- Index |
| Summary |
"Why is visualization important? How is it done? What are the ethical issues? What are the major applications? Where are we going? In this book many of the world's leading researchers in the development and application of visualization for landscape and environmental management answer these questions. Environmental visualization involves technology and processes designed to provide a realistic view of environmental futures to support public understanding and debate on landscape issues." "Students, researchers, consultants and decision makers in landscape planning, urban planning, forest management, urban design and environmental management will all find this a rich source of knowledge and inspiration. The broader public, as the ultimate end users, should also understand how visualization may affect their lives. This is the technology of the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Environmental protection -- Planning -- Computer-aided design.
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Landscape design.
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Landscape architecture -- Computer-aided design.
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Land use -- Planning -- Computer-aided design.
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Visualization.
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| Author |
Bishop, Ian D.
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Lange, Eckhart
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| LC no. |
2004016566 |
| ISBN |
0415305101 hardcover alkaline paper |
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