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Visibility and Dominance Analysis: Assessing a High-Rise Building Project in Trondheim

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  • Jan Ketil Rød

    (Department of Geography, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway)

  • Diana van der Meer

    (Selberg Architects, Leiv Eirikssonsenter, NO-7492 Trondheim, Norway)

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This article presents a GIS-aided visibility and dominance analysis used for a visual-impact assessment of a planned high-rise building located in a central area in Trondheim, Norway. The visibility analysis calculates fields of intervisibility between the high-rise building and locations in the urban landscape. Visual obstacles such as existing buildings and trees are included. The dominance analysis adds to the visibility analysis a measure of how visually dominant the high-rise building would be. The dominance measure is based on the distance to the building and how much of the building would be visible from any observation point. The result is an assessment of visibility and dominance throughout the entire study area as opposed to using photomontages for assessing visibility and dominance from single standpoints.

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  • Jan Ketil Rød & Diana van der Meer, 2009. "Visibility and Dominance Analysis: Assessing a High-Rise Building Project in Trondheim," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 36(4), pages 698-710, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:36:y:2009:i:4:p:698-710
    DOI: 10.1068/b34118
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