Box 4.3 Pattern data: a dump listing
Physical data: topography and climate
Drainage systems, ridge systems, slopes, coastal, wetlands:
‘spot’ features – outcrops, viewpoints, waterfalls: geology,
geomorphology, minerals and soils: macro and micro cli-
matic data: physical aberrations and anomalies. Climatic
and seasonal weather information: flooding, cyclone, fire
and earthquake periodicity.
Spatial data: ownerships, landscapes,
land uses
Landownerships and other terrestrial ‘interests’. Natural
and reversion landscapes according to flora and fauna.
Humanized rural landscapes; mining, quarrying and
forestry; farming situations, types and sizes; rural access
routes.
Urban landscapes according to extent, land-use place-
ments, and locational arrangements.
Nodal data: rural and urban stocks
Open area components: Farms, mineral workings, quarries,
dams, dumps, sawmills, processing plants and factories (by
volume; stock units, tonnages, cubic measure).
Urban Components: urban rank and hierarchy; CBD
componentry and services (by map and list); processing
and industrial components (by output); suburban arrange-
ments (by area, numbers, density).
Resource data: free flow, finite, renewable
and heritage
Free Flow: the situation and extent of hydro, solar, wind
and wave free-flow resources.
Finite(non-replenishable): estimated resources, previ-
ous extraction and current rates of extraction for fossil
fuel and mineral resources (also long-lived tree species
logged from natural forests).
Renewable: soils, flora and fauna condition, rates of
erosion and depletion, rates of replenishment and
resource sustention.
Heritage: preservation policies and success levels for
the natural heritage (forests mountains and coastlines);
and for the cultural heritage (sites and buildings).
Ecological data: urban and rural
depredations
Urban: patterns of energy and water uptake, goods for
processing, imports for consumption; urban waste dis-
posal (sewage, stormwater, solids and atmospheric dis-
persal); waste disposal from manufacturing and processing
plants.
Rural: patterns of herbicide and pesticide applications,
nitrogenous and phosphate applications, animal manure
toxifications; extent of liquid dumping and solid waste
dumping from mining, sawmilling and other rural activi-
ties. Rates of ground and stream water abstraction.
Waste Absorption: take-up of urban and out-of-region
waste (sewage, storm water, solid waste dumping, air
pollution).Network data: channels and
communications
Channels: road, rail, waterway and airfield infrastructure;
conduits (water, gas, storm water, sewerage), and by wire
(electricity, telephone, cable TV); volumes and patterns
of goods, energy, people and wastes moved in and out;
journey to work and recreation patterns.
Communications: postal, telephone, email, FAX, cellular
phone patterns; radio, TV, advertising, newspaper and
community message flows; passenger transport routes
and timetables; private vehicle social usage.Linkage data: historical, economic and social
interactions
Economic: exports–imports and value-added, production,
product mix, pattern changes; capital-to-output ratios for
firms, farms, production and processing plants; utility
agencies; savings and investment patterns; credit and
financing flows; income levels; plant valuations, commer-
cial floor space charges, house prices and rentals; utilities
installation unit costs; backward and forward production
linkages. Economic links to other regions and the rest of
the world.
Social: disposition of population ‘urban’ and ‘rural’ – also
by age, income, wealth, cultural identity and gender;
health, education attainment, work experience, skills