The river corridor is probably the largest area of managed retreat in an urban centre worldwide. How can our experience inform processes of managed retreat elsewhere? The question is central to this project, which has developed a model of ‘retreat’, ‘relocation’ and ‘re-imagining’. Re-imagining asks how can the land be re-used for projects that further lower environmental and social risks.
Climate Change
Subsidence from the earthquakes delivered the equivalent of a century’s worth of sea level rise in eastern Christchurch. How can the land be re-used in climate friendly ways?
The river corridor provides opportunity to explore new ways of living with water, to test credible ways of meeting carbon budgets, and for longitudinal research into climate change adaptation.
Community-based research projects since the earthquakes explore aspects of this, by students at the University of Canterbury, Lincoln University, the University of Washington and Oxford University.
Chesterman, A., Farrugia, E., Kingston, K., Syme, L., & Clarke, S. (2022)
Rattray, C., Kelly, G., van de Velden, G., & Condon, L. (2022)
Rattray, C., Kelly, G., van de Velden, G., & Condon, L. (2022)
Rattray, C., Kelly, G., van de Velden, G., & Condon, L. (2022)
