Evaluation of Methodologies for Visual Impact Assessments (2013) / Chapter Skim
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92 Ten criteria were developed for evaluating highway visual impact assessment (VIA) procedures based on the analysis of the literature and legal precedent, the results of a survey of state DOT staff who manage highway VIA procedures, and the results of the research team's review of publicly available highway VIAs as documented in previous chapters of this report.
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93 Normative Evaluative Criteria -- Ideally, VIA procedures will be: Ways to Achieve Each Criterion Peer-Reviewed Literature or Legal Precedent Support State Survey Support Review of VIAs Support 1. Objective (Designed to eliminate bias.)
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94 Normative Evaluative Criteria -- Ideally, VIA procedures will be: Ways to Achieve Each Criterion Peer-Reviewed Literature or Legal Precedent Support State Survey Support Review of VIAs Support 2. Valid (Can be defended as measuring what it intends to measure.)
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95 Normative Evaluative Criteria -- Ideally, VIA procedures will be: Ways to Achieve Each Criterion Peer-Reviewed Literature or Legal Precedent Support State Survey Support Review of VIAs Support 2. Valid (Continued)
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96 Normative Evaluative Criteria -- Ideally, VIA procedures will be: Ways to Achieve Each Criterion Peer-Reviewed Literature or Legal Precedent Support State Survey Support Review of VIAs Support 3. Reliable (Adequately trained professionals reach the same conclusion.)
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97 Normative Evaluative Criteria -- Ideally, VIA procedures will be: Ways to Achieve Each Criterion Peer-Reviewed Literature or Legal Precedent Support State Survey Support Review of VIAs Support 4. Precise (Continued)
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98 Normative Evaluative Criteria -- Ideally, VIA procedures will be: Ways to Achieve Each Criterion Peer-Reviewed Literature or Legal Precedent Support State Survey Support Review of VIAs Support 6. Pragmatic (Easily and efficiently implemented by a trained professional.)
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99 Normative Evaluative Criteria -- Ideally, VIA procedures will be: Ways to Achieve Each Criterion Peer-Reviewed Literature or Legal Precedent Support State Survey Support Review of VIAs Support 9. Implemented consistently (Consistent with the procedure and consistent among different projects.)
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100 array of procedures -- suggests that, currently, VIA procedures across the country could be more objective (Criterion 1) , more consistent (Criterion 9)
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101 valid, reliable, precise, versatile, pragmatic, understood easily, useful, implemented consistently, and legitimate. 5.3.1 Objective An objective VIA procedure is designed to eliminate individual bias.
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102 reliability of different measures employed within the procedure. Among the aspects of reliability that are likely to be most important to the courts, based on legal precedents, is reliable identification of the most negative impacts.
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103 VIAs in the United States. Apparently, many states frequently do not conduct a VIA (at least it is not publicly available or referenced in the EA/EIS)
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104 could be very helpful to the quality and defensibility of VIA procedures. 5.4 Conclusions Table 5.1 provides a roadmap to the evaluative criteria developed in this research.
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