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.
River Corridor Projects
Click on each category below to explore the various different projects taking place around the river corridor.
Searchable database of published research and primary work undertaken in the river corridor
Capturing change through time as the river corridor adapts environmentally since the earthquakes
This repository provides links to university student group research projects
completed over the last decade in the red zone
Interviews with key people involved in red zoning, regeneration planning or community activation
Ecological & Environmental Health
These projects focus on the physical state of the land and the restoration of local ecosystems.
Ecological & Environmental Health
These projects focus on the physical state of the land and the restoration of local ecosystems.
Research, Documentation & Knowledge
This category serves as the archive and knowledge base for corridor.
Will be a place for people to reconnect with their natural and cultural heritage. The first large-scale, predator-proof ecosanctuary in Canterbury
Mapping biodiversity in the river corridor, and long-term terrestrial invertebrate monitoring
