<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Impacts on landscape character and tools for the support of decision making in the Czech Republic have always been important subjects in the sphere of landscape character and visual/environmental assessment. Only one publication could be found, however, that dealt with the use of landscape indicators for evaluating landscape character in the Czech Republic. In this study, we add to this by addressing the issue of visual exposure.</p><p>In this project, we construct and compare two possible alternatives for computing visual exposure using GIS tools. The two alternatives differ in using a regular grid layer of viewpoints or of viewpoints based on actual use of frequented sites. The procedure was verified using the model area of the Dolni Morava Biosphere Reserve. The version based on most frequented sites produced a map with increased areas of visual exposure. This paper also goes on to suggest changes to the present regulations and other practical applications of the method.</p></abstract>

Impacts on landscape character and tools for the support of decision making in the Czech Republic have always been important subjects in the sphere of landscape character and visual/environmental assessment. Only one publication could be found, however, that dealt with the use of landscape indicators for evaluating landscape character in the Czech Republic. In this study, we add to this by addressing the issue of visual exposure.In this project, we construct and compare two possible alternatives for computing visual exposure using GIS tools. The two alternatives differ in using a regular grid layer of viewpoints or of viewpoints based on actual use of frequented sites. The procedure was verified using the model area of the Dolni Morava Biosphere Reserve. The version based on most frequented sites produced a map with increased areas of visual exposure. This paper also goes on to suggest changes to the present regulations and other practical applications of the method.

Visual Exposure Within the Dolni Morava Biosphere Reserve

Department of Landscape Architecture, Faculty of Horticulture, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Valticka 337, 691 44 Lednice, Czech Republic

Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelska 3, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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Impacts on landscape character and tools for the support of decision making in the Czech Republic have always been important subjects in the sphere of...

Visual Exposure Within the Dolni Morava Biosphere Reserve

Published Online: Aug 08, 2012

Page range: 67 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10285-012-0009-0

Keywords
Visibility, GIS, ArcGIS Desktop, Landscape character, Czech Republic

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Visual Exposure Within the Dolni Morava Biosphere Reserve

Published Online: Aug 08, 2012

Page range: 67 - 79

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10285-012-0009-0

KeywordsVisibility, GIS, ArcGIS Desktop, Landscape character, Czech Republic

This content is open access.

Keywords
Visibility, GIS, ArcGIS Desktop, Landscape character, Czech Republic