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mountain
wilderness.
of coast included
in the core.
were excluded
from the core and
buffer, and an
acceptable density
of tracks was
determined for
each wilderness.
Council maps;
some field
checking was
carried out.
Russell et
al. 1979:
Tasmania
As for Helman
et al.
As for Helman et al.
with special
attention to
exclusion of
intrusions and the
use of natural
topographic
boundaries to
determine core area
boundaries;
minimum areas of
approximately
10,000 ha were also
identified and
delineated.
The core of a
wilderness area
with a coastal
boundary may
extend to the
coastline with
an as yet
undefined
buffer zone
extending into
the surrounding
coastal waters.
The buffer zone
boundary
excluded all
formed access
roads and high-
density or high-
impact vehicular
tracks. Vehicular
roads and tracks
were excluded
from the inner
core wilderness
areas.
Lands
Department
1:500,000,
1:250
7
000
geographic
and 1:100,000
topographic
maps; land
tenure maps at
1:100,000 and
1:250,000;
aerial
photographs at
1:50,000;
some field
checking.
Kirkpatrick
1980:
southwest
Tasmania
An area of land
remote from
access by
mechanised
vehicles and
within which
there is little or
no
consciousness
of the
environmental
disturbances of
western man.
Wilderness was
assumed to exist in
relatively
undisturbed
environments at
places greater than
5 km or more from
access point or
human disturbance;
wilderness quality
scores were derived
from mathematical
functions which
represent the
relationship
between the
intensity or the
wilderness
experience, the
time/distance from
the access point or
nearest sign of
human disturbance,
and the proportion
of the area of
visibility occupied
by signs of human
disturbance.
No special
consideration.
No roadworks
are included in
wilderness areas.
Lands
Department
1:100,000 and
1:250,000
map series;
additional
information
from the
National Parks
and Wildlife
Service and
the South
West
Tasmanian
Resource
Survey,
