Regional Parks Management Plan Regional Parks Management Plan

Contents
Contents
1. 1. VISION VISION ................................
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2. 2. PURPOSE PURPOSE OF OF REGIONAL REGIONAL PARKS PARKS................................
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2.1 THE PURPOSE OF REGIONAL PARKS ............................................................................................... 2
2.2 BACKGROUND TO REGIONAL PARKS .............................................................................................. 2
2.3 FUTURE REGIONAL PARKS ............................................................................................................ 3
3. 3. PARK PARK VALUES VALUES................................
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3.1 INTRINSIC VALUES ....................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 NATURAL VALUES........................................................................................................................ 5
3.3 LANDSCAPE VALUES .................................................................................................................... 6
3.4 TANGATA WHENUA VALUES .......................................................................................................... 6
3.5 CULTURAL VALUES ...................................................................................................................... 6
3.6 RECREATIONAL VALUES ............................................................................................................... 7
3.7 ECONOMIC VALUES ..................................................................................................................... 8
4. 4. PRESSURES PRESSURES AND AND CHALLE CHALLENGES
CHALLE CHALLE NGES ................................
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4.1 SOCIO-ECONOMIC ....................................................................................................................... 9
4.2 DEVELOPMENT ......................................................................................................................... 10
4.3 RECREATION ............................................................................................................................ 10
4.4 ENVIRONMENT .......................................................................................................................... 11
4.5 MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................................................... 12
5. 5. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO TO THE THE THE PLAN PLAN ................................
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5.1 PURPOSE OF THE PLAN .............................................................................................................. 13
5.2 PARKS COVERED BY THE PLAN .................................................................................................... 13
5.3 THE NEED FOR THE PLAN –LEGISLATIVE OVERVIEW........................................................................ 15
5.4 OTHER LEGISLATION AND POLICY FRAMEWORKS .......................................................................... 16
5.5 HOW TO USE THE PLAN .............................................................................................................. 16
6. 6. MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE
PRINCIPLES PRINCIPLE ................................
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7. 7. INTEGRATED INTEGRATED MANAGEMEN
MANAGEMENT MANAGEMEN T FRAMEWORK ................................
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7.1 PARK CLASSIFICATION ............................................................................................................... 21
7.2 DESIGN PRINCIPLES ................................................................................................................... 24
7.3 CONCEPT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANS .......................................................................................... 28
7.4 GENERAL MANAGEMENT ZONES ................................................................................................. 30
7.5 SPECIAL MANAGEMENT ZONES ................................................................................................... 34
7.6 MANAGEMENT TOOLS ............................................................................................................... 35
7.7 RESEARCH, MONITORING AND BENCHMARKING ............................................................................ 38
8. 8. SUSTAINABLE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEME
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8.1 CLIMATE CHANGE ..................................................................................................................... 43
8.1.1 Mitigation .......................................................................................................................... 43
8.1.2 Adaptation ......................................................................................................................... 45
8.2 ENVIRONMENTAL BEST PRACTICE ............................................................................................... 46
8.2.1 Environmental best practice .............................................................................................. 46
8.2.2 Energy, water, waste and procurement of materials ........................................................ 46
8.3 TRAVEL DEMAND MANAGEMENT ................................................................................................. 49
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