RECORD DATA

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DESCRIPTION

Location	Topography	Relief	Topographic Features
Rural (Coastal)	Plain	Flat	Badland
Rural (Inland)	Isolated hill	Undulating	Man-made Slope/Terraces
Rural Fringe (Coastal)	Lowland	Rolling / Hilly	Beach
Rural Fringe (Inland)	Ridges / spurs / hillsides	Steep	Scarp/Cliff
Urban Fringe (Coastal)	Valley	N/A	Rocky coast
Urban Fringe (Inland)	Peak		Sandy shore
Urban (Coastal)	Reclamation		Torr / Isolated Boulder
Urban (Inland)	Island		Boulder field
Marine	Plateau		Crags
	N/A		Knolls
			Island
			None

 

Dominant Landcover and Landscape Elements:

Predominant Built Form	Built-form Pattern	Significant Land  Uses	Vernacular Features	Other Elements	Vegetation	Hydrology	Communications
High-rise	Orthogonal	Commercial	Temple	Quay / Jetty	Scattered trees	Stream	Footpath
Medium-rise	Structured	Residential	Church	Power station	Street trees	River	Track
Low-rise	Organic	Infrastructure	Fortification	Quarry	Tree clumps	Reservoir	Lane
Mixed	Scattered	Industrial	Pagoda	Fields	Woodland	Nullah	Road
None	Isolated	Mixed retail with residential	Historic building (rural)	Dam	Plantation	Waterfall	Highway
		Mixed retail with commercial
	Nucleated	Storage / warehouse	Historic building (urban)	Anchorage	Mangrove	Mudflats	Railway
	None	Undeveloped	Walled village	Shipping	Scrub	Ponds	Tramway / Light rail
		Institutional	Salt pans	Landfill	Grassland	Gei wai	Highway interchange
		Active arable agriculture	Graves	Cemetery	Freshwater marsh	Fish farm	Tunnel entrance
		Disused arable agriculture	Squatter settlement	Airport	Salt marsh	Marina	Bridge
		Livestock	Village	Service Reservoir	Amenity planting	Typhoon shelter	Footbridge
		Amenity open space	Monastery/ nunnery	Ash lagoon	Managed grassland	Catchwater	Vehicle car park
		Other		Public open space	Fruit trees	Lagoon	Toll plaza
		Ongoing development		Golf course		Marine channel	PTI
		Retail		Youth camp / hostel Powerline Residential development Telecom station Sea wall			Railway Station

 

Aesthetic and Perceptual Factors

SCALE:	Small	Moderate	Large	Huge
FORM	Straight	Angular	Curved	Sinuous
UNITY:	Coherent	Interrupted	Fragmented	Chaotic
PATTERN:	Dominant	Strong	Broken	Weak
VARIETY:	Uniform	Simple	Varied	Complex
ENCLOSURE:	Expansive	Open	Enclosed	Constrained
HARMONY:	Harmonious	Balanced	Disharmonious	Discordant
MOVEMENT:	Still	Calm	Busy	Frantic
FINISH:	Smooth	Managed	Un-managed	Degraded
COLOUR:	Monochrome	Muted	Colorful	Garish
REMOTENESS:	Crowded	Populated	Unpopulated	Remote
SECURITY:	Comfortable	Safe	Unsettling	Threatening
SENSORY STIMULI	Windy	Smelly	Noisy	Tranquil
PLEASURE:	Offensive	Unpleasant	Inoffensive	Pleasant

 

Brief Description Including Character and Significant Landscape Features

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CONDITION AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY

____  Good                        ____  Moderate                            ____  Poor

 Justification_______________________________________________________

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____        Conservation                ____  Enhancement           ____  Reconstruction

 

SENSITIVITY

 Significant Relief?          Yes  No         Diversity of Land Use                  High   Moderate  Low

Significant Tree Cover?  Yes   No         Visual Exposure to other LCAs     High   Low

 

Type of Potential Development	More Sensitive	Less Sensitive	N/A
High-rise Commercial
Low-rise Commercial or Institutional
Industrial or Port-related
High-rise Residential
Medium Rise Residential
Low -rise residential
Storage / Warehousing
Major Highway or Railway
Reclamation
Quarry or Landfill
Golf Course

 

VALUE

Overall LCA Value            High              High (Qualified)                  Moderate                           Low   

               

Exceptional Issues Relating to Landscape Value: __________________________________________________________________________________________                                

Key Natural Resource with Visual Landscape Manifestation;
Key Heritage Feature with Visual Landscape Manifestation;
Distinctiveness:  Rarity:                                           Common      Unusual        Infrequent        Unique Condition:                                      Poor         Moderate       Good  Unique Features Contributing to Distinctiveness: ________________________________________________________________________________
Scenic Value: Relief           High            Low  Visual Complexity  High   Moderate  Low Visual Coherence  High   Moderate  Low Effects of adjoining LCAs   +      - Night-time Effects        +      - Presence of water        +      - *  Indicate whether the presence of the particular quality/feature has a positive or negative effect on landscape value	Visual Attractors___________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Visual Detractors___________________ ________________________ ___________________________
Trend Significant Landscape Change Ongoing?    Yes             No If 'Yes', this is due to___________________________________________________