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Visual Resources

Visual Resources Glossary

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Quality and Condition of Elements
In the NPS Visual Resource Inventory, a measure of the appropriateness of materials and the physical condition of natural and human-made elements in the viewed landscape. Quality and Condition of Elements is one of three components used to evaluate the Landscape Character Integrity factor. (NPS)