Dr. Werner Nohl · landscape architect · honorary professor (Technical University of Munich)
Landscape aesthetic and recreational impact of the windfarm near Gebhardshain
Report to the Citizens´Group: "Bürger von Gebhardshain für Gebhardshain gegen Windkraft". KirchheimWerner Nohl
Main points of the report:
- Definition of the aesthetically effective area of the windfarm
- Description of the
aesthetically
relevant gestalt aspects of the windfarm (level of facts, part
1)
- Description of the
nature
and culture in the aesthetically effective area (level of facts, part
2)
- Evaluation
of
the
aesthetically effective area, using criteria like
structure, complexity, naturalness, landscape
character and distance (level of values, part
1)
- Description and evaluation of
recreation
and
tourism in the aesthetically effective area (level of values, part
2)
- Determination of
the
landscape aesthetical impact of the windfarm using criteria like
loss
of scale, loss of character, horizontal contamination,
disturbance of rotor movement, loss of viewing quality, loss of
calmness, disturbance of the nightly landscape
etc. (level of inference, part 1)
- Determination
of the impact of the windfarm on tourism in the aesthetically
effective area (level of inference, part 2)
- Conclusion from the points of landscape aesthetics and recreation
As the report is written in German, please, refer to the German language site (use link below).
Attention! For more expert opinions on the landscape aesthetical impact of wind farms see under "projects".
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