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Monday, March 29, 2010

Visual Heritage - a different take on wind projects

We were in Collingwood over the weekend taking advantage of the last days of skiing with friends who are both landscape architects. I had a very interesting conversation with one of my friends on wind projects and an aspect I had not considered. The aspect of visual heritage.

Visual heritage is how an area looks traditionally and the related value of that "look". Niagara Falls is an obvious example of the value generated from the look of an area. Rural areas engaged in farming also have value due to the look of the crops growing - people enjoy the view and are attracted because of it.

Considering this - how is this visual asset or heritage affected by wind turbines?

What is your opinion?

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