1.2 Sociocultural assets

In BAs, water-dependent sociocultural assets are classified into ‘Heritage site’, ‘Indigenous site’ or ‘Recreation area’ asset classes. Receptor impact modelling is not directly undertaken for sociocultural assets and the impact and risk analysis is limited to characterising the hydrological change that may be experienced by those assets. In some cases, sociocultural assets also have obvious ecological value (e.g. the health of a wetland that is also identified as having Indigenous value for fishing) and the changes to ecological receptor impact variables may be particularly important for identifying potential impacts and risks to them.

Sociocultural assets are discussed no further in this submethodology. However, it is important to note that the receptor impact model for ecological assets will also play an important role in assessing any hydrological changes for those sociocultural assets that have ecological characteristics.