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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Table C-4<br />
Mapping of landscape character units at each scale of application: Regional, Local and Site<br />
Regional<br />
Local<br />
Site<br />
Established landscape IBRA (Interim Bio-geographic Regionalisation for Australia)<br />
datasets (available online), can provide a useful reference in mapping the broad<br />
landscape character units that occur, based on the divisions of bioregions and<br />
subregions across Australia.<br />
Map the three land use categories where applicable: natural, rural, built.<br />
The landscape character units mapped at a regional level may be subdivided into<br />
smaller units at the local level. Map landscape features such as ridges, creek-lines,<br />
wetlands, rural hamlets and prominent individual buildings superimposed on landscape<br />
character units.<br />
Units from the local level should be further subdivided for application to individual sites.<br />
Map specific individual landscape features such as tree stands, heath and scrub, small<br />
water bodies, rock outcrops and varied vegetation species. Note that at a site level<br />
character units may not be needed and/or appropriate. Description and<br />
determination of individual features may be adequate for mapping at a site level.<br />
Source: Adapted from Visual Landscape Planning in Western Australia - a manual for evaluation<br />
assessment, siting and design (WAPC 2007)<br />
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