SDNPA - Landscape Character Assessment

The SDNPA Landscape Character Assessment was originally prepared for the South Downs Joint Committee, in partnership with the Countryside Agency, English Heritage, Hampshire County Council, West Sussex County Council and East Hampshire District Council by Land Use Consultants The interaction of physical, historic, natural and social and economic processes, have in combination created the unique and distinctive character of the South Downs. It is a very complex and landscape with significant local variation and contrast. The great diversity is recognised in the identification of a very large number of landscape types (18). Each of these landscape types has a distinct and relatively homogenous character with similar physical and cultural attributes, including geology, landform, land cover and historic evolution. The landscape types are further subdivided into component landscape character areas. The character areas are discrete geographic areas that possess the common characteristics described for the landscape type. Each character area has a distinct and recognisable local identity.SDNPA景观特征评估（SDNPA Landscape Character Assessment）最初由土地使用咨询公司（Land Use Consultants）联合乡村署（Countryside Agency）、英格兰遗产（English Heritage）、汉普郡郡议会、西萨塞克斯郡议会及东汉普郡区议会，为南唐斯联合委员会（South Downs Joint Committee）编制完成。 自然地理、历史、生态与社会经济过程的交互作用，共同塑造了南唐斯地区独一无二且极具辨识度的景观特质。该区域景观结构极为复杂，存在显著的局部差异与鲜明对比。其高度丰富的景观多样性通过划分18类景观类型得到了充分体现。每一类景观类型均具备独特且相对均质的特征，拥有相似的自然地理与文化属性，涵盖地质条件、地貌形态、土地覆被状况及历史演化历程。上述景观类型可进一步细分为若干景观特征子区，各特征子区为具有明确边界的独立地理区域，均具备对应景观类型所描述的共性特征，且拥有清晰可辨的本土地域辨识度。