List of abbreviations

AFCD

AMO

C

CASET

CCA

CCW

CD-ROM

CED

CSD

DEFRA

DEM

DR

DSD

DTM

EIA

EIAO

EPD

ESRI

FSD

G1000

GIS

GPS

HA/HD

HKGISA

HKPF

HKU

HyD

LandsD

LCA

LCT

LCU

LDU

LIC

LLCA

LVIA

METLAND

MLS

NENT

NT

NWNT

ODP

OZP

PC

PlanD

PD

PLB

SAR

SBE

SEKDS

SENT

SLCA

SMO

SSSI

SUSDEV21

SWNT

TD

TDSR

TPO

VAC

VMW

VQ

WWFHK

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Antiquities and Monuments Office

Century

Computer Aided Sustainability Evaluation Tool

Countryside Character Areas

Countryside Council for Wales

Compact Disk - Read Only Memory

Civil Engineering Department

Correctional Services Department

(UK) Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Digital Elevation Model

Director'¦s Representative

Drainage Services Department

Digital Terrain Model

Environmental Impact Assessment

Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance

Environmental Protection Department

Environmental Systems Research Institute

Fire Services Department

Geo-Reference Database

Geographic Information System

Global Positioning System

Hong Kong Housing Authority and Housing Department

Hong Kong GIS Association

Hong Kong Police Force

The University of Hong Kong

Highways Department

Lands Department

Landscape Character Area

Landscape Character Type

Landscape Character Unit

Landscape Description Unit

Land Information Centre

Local Landscape Character Area

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment

Metropolitan Landscape Planning Model

Metroplan Landscape Strategy

North East New Territories

New Territories

North West New Territories

Outline Development Plan

Outline Zoning Plan

Personal Computer

Planning Department

Principal Datum

Planning and Lands Bureau

Special Administrative Region

Scenic Beauty Estimation

South-east Kowloon Development Statement

South East New Territories

Strategic Landscape Character Area

Survey and Mapping Office

Site of Special Scientific Interest

Study on Sustainable Development for the 21st Century

South West New Territories

Transport Department

Territory Development Strategy Review

Town Planning Ordinance

Visual Absorption Capability

Value Management Workshop

Visual Quality

World Wide Fund for Nature Hong Kong (formerly World Wildlife Fund Hong Kong)