Water Management in New Zealand's Canterbury Region A Sustainability
The book is designed to achieve two major purposes. The first is to describe the developments in water management policy in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The strategic approach, the collaborative engagement, and, the nested adaptive systems approa
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Bryan R. Jenkins
Water Management in New Zealand’s Canterbury Region A Sustainability Framework
Global Issues in Water Policy Volume 19
Editor-in-chief Ariel Dinar, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California, USA Series editors José Albiac-Murillo, Zaragoza, Spain Stefano Farolfi, CIRAD UMR G-EAU, Montpellier, France Rathinasamy Maria Saleth, Chennai, India Guillermo Donoso, Department of Agricultural Economics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Macul, Chile
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Bryan R. Jenkins
Water Management in New Zealand’s Canterbury Region A Sustainability Framework
Bryan R. Jenkins Hyde Park, SA, Australia
ISSN 2211-0631 ISSN 2211-0658 (electronic) Global Issues in Water Policy ISBN 978-94-024-1212-3 ISBN 978-94-024-1213-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1213-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017957640 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media B.V. The registered company address is: Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 GX Dordrecht, The Netherlands
This book is dedicated to the people of Canterbury; may you continue to work together to find a sustainable solution to water management in the region.
Preface
The first motivation for this book was to document the development and implementation to date of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. Reliance on the processes of the legislative framework under New Zealand’s Resource Management Act (RMA) was found to be an inadequate basis for sustainable water resource management in the Canterbury region. The RMA was designed when water was a relatively abundant resource. However, the expansi
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