Month: December 2015

Interview with Dr. James Palmer about scenic assessment

| Olaf Schroth

It has been 50 years since the White House Conference on Natural Beauty took a hard look at the state of scenic America. What has happened to this country’s scenic assets since then?

In an interview with ASLA, Dr. James Palmer, is looking back on the assessment of scenic quality in the US and summarizing today’s state of research. At the end of the research, he is finally giving an outlook where future research should go.

https://www.asla.org/ContentDetail.aspx?id=47662

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Image: Jim Palmer / ASLA 2015.

Information Technology and Renewable Energy

| Olaf Schroth

Special issue released: The April 2015 issue of Environmental Impact Assessment Review, edited by Lorenz Hilty and Bernd Page, provides an overview of ICT-based approaches to facilitate the assessment of renewable energy solutions.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01959255/52