AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR PLANNING

摘要

The South West Victoria Landscape Assessment Study (SWLAS) assesses the character and significance of the landscapes of a large part of Victoria, leading to the preparation of planning scheme policy and guidance to ensure their future protection and management. It establishes repeatable and reliable methods to investigate and analyse the land as it is today. This is fundamental landscape planning and provides holistic information to enable future change (what and where) decision making. An important component of the project was determining landscape types and assessing the landscape character of the countryside. Then, to evaluate the relative significance within Victoria, the landscape architects used a comparative analysis method to establish places of regional and state significance. To determine these most significant landscapes, the study synthesized the landscape units and their views for significance in aesthetic, historic, environmental and social values.