3rd Edition
Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment
Part 1: Introduction, Scope and Context 1. Introduction 2. Definitions, scope and context Part 2: Principles, Processes and Presentation 3. Principles and overview of processes 4. The proposed development, design and mitigation 5. Assessment of landscape effects 6. Assessment of visual effects 7. Assessing cumulative landscape and visual effects 8. Presenting information on landscape and visual effects
Biography
Working Group from the Landscape Institute and the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment, led by Carys Swanwick, Sheffield University.
"The most authoritative, widely recognised and adopted guide for the technique [of landscape and visual impact assessment] and is recommended as good practice by all relevant professional Institutes" - Scottish Natural Heritage
Reviews for previous editions:
'For any self-respecting landscape consultant, Guidelines for Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment [first edition] is an essential reference book. The book is well-constructed, concise, compact and well-made and illustrated.' - The Architects' Journal
'The GLVIA [second edition] is well thought out, logically presented and superbly illustrated. This is essential reading for all consultants involved with landscape and visual impact assessment and should be required reading for all developers.' - David Watson in Urban Design International
