The visual environment is an important resource requiring a competent, effective management system. Such a system requires defining the resource, inventorying it and its predictors, building predictive models which help asses impacts, integrating all this in a usable format, and providing a mechanism for the presentation of results to decision-makers and the public. Psychophysical methods, GIS based modeling, video-imaging technology, and expert systems are technologies which provide the means to accomplish these tasks. Examples show the potential of each technology. Integration of these separate technologies permits the construction of still more effective management systems. © 1991 Academic Press Limited.
