QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF VISUAL INTRUSION
THE LOSS OF AMENITY WHICH RESULTS FROM THE ERECTION OF ELEVATED ROADWAYS AND OTHER LARGE ARTEFACTS IS BECOMING RECOGNIZED AS ANOTHER FORM OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, ALONG WITH NOISE, DIRT, AND CHEMICAL POLLUTION, AND MEANS ARE BEING SOUGHT FOR ITS EVALUATION. PROFESSIONALS CAN MAKE ASSESSMENTS BASED ON MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, AND THIS MAY PROVE TO BE THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE PROCEDURE. A PROPOSAL IS DESCRIBED FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF VISUAL INTRUSION AND LOSS OF AMENITY WHICH IS BASED ON CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN VISUAL PERCEPTION. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT HOUSELHOLD INTRUSION BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF WEIGHTED SOLID ANGLE FROM A VIEWPOINT AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PLANE OF THE WINDOW OF THE HOUSE UNDER INVESTIGATION. NEIGHBORHOOD INTRUSION COULD BE ASSESSED BY THE AVERAGE SOLID ANGLE OVER THE WHOLE FIELD OF A LARGE NUMBER OF OBSERVATION POINTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 57, No 10, PP 445-449
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Authors:
- Hopkinson, R G
- Publication Date: 1971-12
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Obstructions (Navigation); Quantitative analysis; Visual perception
- Uncontrolled Terms: Amenities
- Old TRIS Terms: Sight obstructions
- Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00240085
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 7 1972 12:00AM