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Coastal Hazards and Climate Change: A Guidance Manual for Local Government in New Zealand
1 Introduction to the Guidance Manual
3 Implications for New Zealand’s Coastal Margins
4 Responding to Climate Change: Future-proofing Decision-making
5 Understanding Changing Coastal Hazard Risk
6 Managing Coastal Hazard and Related Climate Change Risks
10 Appendix 1: Relevant legislation
11 Appendix 2: Relevant case law
12 Factsheet 1: Coastal erosion
13 Factsheet 2: Coastal inundation (storms)
14 Factsheet 3: Coastal inundation (tsunami)
15 Factsheet 4: Components of sea level
17 Factsheet 6: Mean High Water Spring (MHWS)
19 Factsheet 8: Long-term sea-level fluctuations
20 Factsheet 9: Datums – Mean Sea Level and Chart Datum
22 Factsheet 11: Wave set-up, run-up and overtopping
Disclaimer
While every effort has been made to ensure that this guide is as clear and accurate as possible, the Ministry for the Environment will not be held responsible for any action arising out of its use. This guide should not be taken as providing a definitive statement for any particular user’s circumstances. All users of this guide should satisfy themselves, and their clients(s), concerning the application of this guide to their situation and where there is uncertainty, seek expert advice.
This Guidance Manual was commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment. The first edition was originally prepared by scientists, planners and engineers from NIWA, BECA Consultants Ltd, DTec Consultants Ltd, and Tonkin and Taylor Ltd in consultation with a wide range of people from local government organisations.
This present edition of the Guidance Manual has been rewritten by Doug Ramsay and Rob Bell of NIWA with assistance on a number of chapters from Robin Britton. Advice and assistance with the revision has also been provided by Ministry for the Environment, Northland Regional Council, Auckland Regional Council, Environment Waikato, Environment Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, Whakatane District Council, BECA Consultants Ltd, Jim Dahm (Eco Nomos Ltd). Comments we also considered from Peter Barrett and Martin Manning (Victoria University), Roger Crimp (Engineering Lifelines), John Hannah (Otago University), Charles Willmot (IPENZ); and from informal discussions with a wide range of other organisations and individuals. The resulting text does not necessarily represent the views of any of the above individuals or organisations.
In preparing this Guidance Manual, the authors have used the best available information, and have interpreted this information exercising all reasonable skill and care. Nevertheless, none of the organisations involved accepts any liability, whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising out of the provision of the information within this report.
Copyright
Copyright for any underlying data generated by NIWA or other contributors to this Guidance Manual and used to develop any figures or tables contained in this report is held by NIWA or the contributors. Copyright on all photographs and figures is held by the NIWA unless stated otherwise in the caption.
This manual may be cited as: Ministry for the Environment 2008. Coastal Hazards and Climate Change. A Guidance Manual for Local Government in New Zealand. 2nd edition. Revised by Ramsay D and Bell R. (NIWA). Prepared for Ministry for the Environment. viii+127 p.
