Wairau/ Awatere Resource Management Plan Table 1.1: Monitoring Factors Resource Issue Anticipated Environmental Monitoring Factor Result natural character preservation of values defined significant areas and elements consents urban environment an appropriate urban form population employment commerce location maintenance of existing residential consents character complaints appropriate levels of activities in consents rural townships rural environment maintenance or enhancement of land use character vegetation cover maintenance or enhancement of amenity provision for diversity activity consents appropriate levels of subdivision lot size consents provision for wellbeing employment income facilities services open space provision of valued characteristics users facilities land disturbance minimise adverse environmental soil quality effects of land disturbance water sedimentation complaints protect historical values consents protect and provide for cultural notice of disturbance values complaints protect archaeological values discharge of waste water free from contamination water quality to land soil quality protection of amenity values consents complaints waste reduction landfill material landfill volume undesirable plants reduced spread species numbers and animals location natural hazards minimise adverse effects and risk damage from resource use personal injury and death consents collate information consents requests provision of event responses warning hazardous safe use community health substances and safe storage disposal facilities safe transport consents minimise site contamination contaminants soil quality water quality consents 1 - 12