Other Coastal Plans in Victoria, Australia with Geographic Extents

Victoria, Australia's coastal management plans from the Victorian Coastal Council's 2010-11 Annual Report are cataloged with their geographic coverage. The dataset likely contains attributes for report title, year, region, identifier, and links to source documents. It was created by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Mapping the spatial overlap of coastal management plans based on captured geographic extents.
• Analyzing the distribution of coastal reports by year and Coastal Board region.
• Linking directly to source policy documents using the provided report URLs.
• Assessing administrative coverage (e.g., local government areas) for coastal planning initiatives.

Strengths

• Includes direct links to source reports and website pages for verification.
• Geographic extents were systematically captured by reviewing and categorizing each plan.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Last updated on 2026-04-08, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The core data is from a 2010-11 report; the temporal coverage of the plans themselves may be older.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Plans were identified from the Victorian Coastal Council's 2010-11 Annual Report; geographic extents were captured by reviewing plans and applying buffers or using clear study area boundaries.

Time Range

Reports are from the period covered by the 2010-11 Annual Report.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 22:42:55.315313; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia, specifically Coastal Board regions and other administrative units.