The 2004 Manawatu Floods, New Zealand: Integrating Flood Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

摘要: Climate change exacerbates the flood risk facing many New Zealand communities. The February 2004 floods severely impacted Manawatu region and reveal valuable lessons shed light on barriers opportunities, priority actions, for reducing building resilience adaptive capacity in face of climate change. subsequent actions highlight five lessons: (i) Disasters are ‘focusing events’ that reframe perceptions create opportunities mainstreaming adaptation; but realising such is fraught. (ii) There a need to move beyond reliance structural protection works overcome ‘safe development paradox,’ address manifold drivers anticipate escalating given (iii) Managing adapting be framed as an integrated process sustainability. (iv) Strategies build resilient communities take into account wider societal trends shocks may have no apparent association with natural hazard risk. (v) past focus Readiness Response needs complemented by sharper Reduction Recovery; permissive approach land use decisions mitigation measures superseded avoidance imperative. Efforts mainstream adaptation three vital arenas: Understanding risk; institutional setting; professional practice. Three identified: Institutionalise national legislative directive reduce risks Develop programme enable local government translate this practical reality. Proactively explore adapt day-to-day planning decision-making. A transformative practice deliberative governance ultimately needed institutionalise learned from experience.