Waimea Planning Resources

Waimea, Facing Future

I completed my master's work and study, to produce a final report examining Waimea's growth and change, community values and conflicts, and examination of options for the future. The study was released August, 2006, and is now available for download.

Click here for information and to download the final report.

interviews and survey results

In December 2005, I released my preliminary findings of the outreach. This information is refined and discussed in the final report above.

You may still download that report and the survey tabulation here.

maps

The maps below are useful references for understanding Waimea. Some are slightly dated, and are superceded by the contents in the final report; the final report includes many maps not shown here.
The larger maps are PDFs about ~5MB each (unless otherwise noted). The smaller versions are PNGs around 1.5MB, but still very good resolution. The thematic maps are potentially very interesting, as they included spatial information beyond physical features.

regional maps

North Hawaii  (9/16/05) large or smaller

District of South Kohala  (9/16/05) large or smaller

Regional Entitlements  (10/28/05) big! (29MB) or smaller

area maps

Waimea - Chicken Farms to Lake Land  (9/16/05) large or smaller

Waimea - Kamuela View Estates to Lake Land  (9/16/05) large or smaller

Waimea Town  (9/16/05) large or smaller

thematic maps

2004 Traffic Volumes  (10/28/05) huge! (40MB) or smaller

The current changing landscape  (10/28/05) large (10MB) or smaller

Census 2000 - Density + Ethnicity + Young and Old  (9/16/05) large or smaller

Ag Lands and Hydrology  (9/16/05) large or smaller

County 2005 Zoning  (9/16/05) large or smaller

County Land Use/Tax Code + Major Developments  (9/16/05) large or smaller

Major Landowners + State and County Land Use Patterns  (9/16/05) large or smaller

gis layers

The shapefiles below are layers created through the course of my research; there is no guarantee to their accuracy. There is no meta data available presently. Email me, nino.walker at gmail.com with questions and/or comments.