Floodplain management strategies and studies

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Floodplain management strategies and studies

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Ashburton River Floodplain Management Strategy (1 KB)
Despite considerable investment in flood control works over the last 40 years flood losses have increased.
Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 20/08/2009 Type: Plan
Heathcote River Floodplain management strategy (9428 KB)
Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 20/08/2009 Type: Plan
Kaikoura River Floodplain Management Strategy (792 KB)
This report has been prepared with the help of a Community Advisory Committee and the public of Kaikoura. At the outset, the immediacy and magnitude of the flood hazard was recognised.
Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 20/08/2009 Type: Plan
Pareora River Floodplain Management Strategy (2258 KB)
The purpose of the Floodplain Management Strategy is to not only identify cost effective structural measures, but through integrated land use management, to minimise existing and future flood damages on the Pareora River Floodplain.
Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 20/08/2009 Type: Plan
Waihao River Floodplain Management Strategy (4637 KB)
The Waihao River has a catchment of 550 km2 and a long history of flooding onto the 25 km2 floodplain (Wains Crossing Road to the sea). The largest flood since 1868 occurred in March 1986 and caused approximately $1M (2004) in flood damage/losses.
Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 20/08/2009 Type: Plan
Waimakariri District Flood Planning Hazard Management Strategy (18750 KB)
The Waimakariri District lies to the north of the Waimakariri River in North Canterbury. The district occupies some 225,000 hectares, and extends from Pegasus Bay in the east to the Puketeraki Range in the west.
Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 20/08/2009 Type: Plan
Waimakariri District Flood Planning Hazard Management Strategy Ashley river Floodplain Investigation (7735 KB)
This study of the Ashley River floodplain uses a combined one and two dimensional hydraulic computer model to estimate flood extent and depths on the Ashley River floodplain.
Author: Environment Canterbury Published: 20/08/2009 Type: Plan