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  • Environmental Science
  • Urban Planning
  • Political Ecology

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  • Visual pollution is an understudied environmental issue impacting natural and urban landscapes.
  • Political advertising significantly contributes to visual pollution, particularly in coastal areas.
  • Ineffective enforcement of existing regulations, like Colombia's Law 140 of 1994, exacerbates the problem.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To comprehensively analyze visual pollution.
  • To investigate the role of political advertising in exacerbating visual pollution in Colombian coastal cities.
  • To propose mitigation strategies for visual pollution.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review and analysis of existing regulations.
  • Case study focusing on political advertising in Colombian coastal cities.
  • Development of a multipronged mitigation strategy.

Main Results:

  • Political advertising is a significant driver of visual pollution in the studied region.
  • Current regulatory frameworks are inadequately enforced.
  • A comprehensive strategy is needed to combat visual pollution.

Conclusions:

  • Addressing visual pollution requires a multifaceted approach combining regulatory, technological, and collaborative solutions.
  • Effective policy enforcement and cross-disciplinary research are crucial for global mitigation efforts.
  • Sustainable campaigning practices are essential to reduce environmental degradation.