VISUAL
POLLUTION
Visual pollution is the term given to unattractive or unnatural
(human-made) visual elements of a vista, a landscape,
or any other things that a person might not want to look at.
Visual pollution is an aesthetic issue, referring to the
impacts of pollution that impair one's ability to enjoy a vista or view. The
term is used broadly to cover visibility, limits on the ability to view distant
objects, as well as the more subjective issue of visual clutter, structures
that intrude upon otherwise "pretty" scenes, as well as graffiti and
other visual defacement.
Commonly cited examples are advertisements,
billboards,
houses,
automobiles,
traffic signs,
roadsigns, highways,
roadways,
litter,
graffiti,
overhead powerlines, utility poles,
contrails,
skywriting,
buildings and weeds.
