Wskaźniki stosowane w ocenie wpływu inwestycji wielkoobszarowych na krajobraz na podstawie Visual Resource Management (VRM)

In times of accelerated development of suburban, rural and open landscape areas, it is important to know at the design stage what the impact on the existing landscape would be from investment projects, especially large-scale investments such as wind power plants, industrial plants, complex of buildings, silos, etc. Currently, local authorities who have to take decisions on the location of potential investment projects lack the tools, methods and procedures for determining the impact of a project on the landscape. This article presents the Visual Resource Management (VRM) model, which is a tool used in the U.S. to evaluate the visual quality of the landscape, determine appropriate levels of land management, determine the potential visual impact of proposed designs and outline appropriate measures to integrate planned development into the environment. A working example was used to identify the key indicators for making an assessment of the impact of an investment project on the landscape.