Draft National Wind Farm Development Guidelines - July 2010
Draft National Wind Farm Development Guidelines - July 2010
Draft National Wind Farm Development Guidelines - July 2010
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Figure C-2<br />
IBRA mapping of Australia’s 85 bioregions<br />
Describing Landscape Character Units<br />
Source: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts<br />
In describing the Landscape Character Units, focus on visual landscape character - which<br />
refers to the appearance of the basic landscape elements; landform, vegetation, water<br />
bodies and human land use that make an area identifiable or unique. A range of terms<br />
may be used. The examples provided in Table C-2 can be used as a guide, however not<br />
all terms are appropriate to every landscape. Modify the descriptions where appropriate.<br />
There are many sources of references that provide descriptive inventories of the varied<br />
and unique landscapes that occur across Australia, which can provide useful frames of<br />
reference to assist in describing the landscape.<br />
In conjunction with the description of the overall visual character of the landscape study<br />
area, the landscape character units can also be described in terms of the basic land use<br />
categories: natural, rural and built characteristics. Table C-3 provides examples of<br />
elements (natural, rural and built) that may be described at each stage of application:<br />
Regional, Local and Site.<br />
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