A methodology for landscape planning is presented, including (1) a procedure for the quantification of visual intrusions in a landscape, (2) the specification of visual preference functions, and (3) the utilization of such functions for planning purposes, by means of an optimization procedure. This methodology is illustrated by numerical applications with synthetic data, and various areas for further research are outlined.
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