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Faculty Biography
My current work explores the role that visual preference surveys play in the development of land use plans and natural resource management programs and policies. Many aspects of planning and program development rely on strategies that do not make explicit the potential effects of programs in a way that is generally understood by a wide range of affected parties. Visual representations may serve as a more powerful means of communicating the effects planning proposals. A common understanding amongst all participants may serve to minimize conflict. Three recent cases serve to illustrate this work. One revolves around the “rural character” element for local land use plans as a requirement of the Washington State Growth Management Act. The second looks at the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, which is the programmatic basis for certifying forest lands throughout the United States and Canada. The third involves the context of the Scenic Area Threshold requirements of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
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