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• Finance<br />
Other Government departments:<br />
• Ministry of Communications (road networks)<br />
• Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone<br />
Other linkages:<br />
• Architectural firms; Jeddah University Environmental Planning<br />
Department; regional Chambers of Commerce <strong>for</strong> wider private<br />
sector involvement.<br />
Suggested structures:<br />
• Development should be based on the best examples of existing<br />
projects and available international guidelines, and also on public<br />
attitudes and needs (Chapter 5). <strong>The</strong> ideal start would be the<br />
development of one or two pilot projects in liaison with architects<br />
and environmental planners to derive culturally appropriate structures<br />
and layouts.<br />
Topic 4: Monitoring and determining Limits of Acceptable Change<br />
(LAC)<br />
Questions to be addressed:<br />
• What is the carrying capacity of selected sites?<br />
• What are the Limits of Acceptable Change? (see box)<br />
• How and who will monitor impacts?<br />
• How will the results of monitoring regulate visitor numbers or<br />
impacts?<br />
NCWCD departments concerned:<br />
• Planning and Protected Areas<br />
• Research and Field Studies<br />
• Research centres<br />
Other Government departments:<br />
• Ministry of Agriculture<br />
• Meteorological and Environmental Protection Administration<br />
Other linkages:<br />
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