The impact of floods on the primary sector was first assessed nationally and then for the Awanui River Catchment in Northland. The analyses focused on the impacts of flooding on the primary sector, including changes in land uses as an adaption response to floods with climate change and subsequent changes in economic and environmental indicators. The specific objectives of the analysis are to:
1 quantify New Zealand’s primary sector exposure to flood hazards.
2 quantify the primary sector’s exposure and financial losses from floods in one catchment – the Awanui catchment.
3 analyse the impacts of flooding on land-use change and economic and environmental indicators.
4 evaluate economic and social welfare changes from floods-induced land-use change.
Floods and the primary sector
Type
Technical paper
Subjects
Sustainable Land Management & Climate Change (SLMACC) Research Programme
Published
Last updated
ISBN Online
978-1-991120-16-8
ISSN Online
2253-3923