Within reach, volume 1 : an approach to motorcamp site selection on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand : [dissertation] submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma in Landscape Architecture, Lincoln College

Abstract

The title of this report is purposefully ambiguous and refers to the source of inspiration for a motorcamp study in a region adjacent to a major urban centre (Christchurch). It reflects a orsening transport fuel crisis and excalating costs; it reflects a probable immobility of growing numbers of holiday-makers within their uban region. Within Reach looks at a region which is going to be vitally important to holiday-makers in the near future and provides initial planning submissions in a field of holiday making; a vital field and a cost saving one for vast numbers of New Zealanders. This second point is another inspiration for the title; camping is within reach of all but a very few pockets and is hence very important. Banks Peninsula will become a eveloped region. I hope such development is fully planned with respect for the landscape, the environment and the community. This report anticipates this need in a specific form of recreation planning.