Executive Summary
1 Introduction to the Guidance Manual
2 The Changing Climate
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
7 Further Resources
8 References
9 Glossary
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
16 Factsheet 5: Tides
17 Factsheet 6: Mean High Water Spring (MHWS)
18 Factsheet 7: Storm surge
19 Factsheet 8: Long-term sea-level fluctuations
20 Factsheet 9: Datums – Mean Sea Level and Chart Datum
21 Factsheet 10: Waves
22 Factsheet 11: Wave set-up, run-up and overtopping
23 Factsheet 12: ENSO and IPO
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This guidance manual is intended to help local authorities manage coastal hazards by:
This is an update of the manual "Coastal hazards and climate change: A guidance manual for local government in New Zealand" published in 2004.
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