Visual impact with drawdown : With reference to the high country lakes of the Upper Waitaki Valley, New Zealand : This study is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Diploma in Landscape Architecture

Abstract

Goal: To assess the visual impact of drawdown on the Upper Waitaki Basin lakes. Objectives: To examine and describe the historical perspective of land use and development within the basin as a background to drawdown problems. To examine and describe the landscape characteristics of the upper Waitaki Basin as a criteria for assessment of change To describe drawdown in the context of the upper Waitaki Valley Basin and out line the problems associated with this process To evolve a methodology for evaluating visual impact To assess the landscape implications of drawdown and to suggest possible solutions to problems To evaluate past methods of lakeshore treatment