New Zealand coastal system boundaries, connections and management
Citation
Export citationHart, D. E., & Bryan, K. R. (2008). New Zealand coastal system boundaries, connections and management. New Zealand Geographer, 64(2), 129-143.
Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8256
Abstract
Understanding coastal boundaries, connections and drivers of landscape change is integral to effective coastal planning and management. This concept is explored here through case studies representing two very different New Zealand systems: embayed sand beaches in eastern and western open-coast settings; and mixed sand and gravel coast river-mouth lagoons. When framed within a resource and environmental management context these studies indicate that national recognition of the dynamic and interactive nature of coastal environments is a relatively new and amorphous phenomenon in New Zealand and, as such, has been ineffective in driving integrated regional management practices and sustainable coastal outcomes.
Date
2008Type
Publisher
Blackwell Publishers