An aerial photograph of Brooklands over the Waimakariri River.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "11 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "3 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "4 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "6 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "5 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "10 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
A sign in a shop on the corner of Anfield Street and Lower Styx Road in Brooklands. The sign reads, "Save Brooklands. We want to stay!".
Liz Kivi stting beside the UC QuakeBox container in Brooklands. The container was parked in the car park of the Brooklands Community Centre on Anfield Street.
Liv Kivi recording a story inside the UC QuakeBox container in Brooklands. The container was parked in the car park of the Brooklands Community Centre on Anfield Street.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "87 Harbour Road in Brooklands, now an empty site. The land has now been red zoned".
Derek Bent and Geoff Clements standing outside the UC QuakeBox container in Brooklands. The container was parked in the car park of the Brooklands Community Centre on Anfield Street.
Derek Bent and Geoff Clements standing outside the UC QuakeBox container in Brooklands. The container was parked in the car park of the Brooklands Community Centre on Anfield Street.
An aerial photograph of Pegasus Bay near the mouth of the Waimakariri River. To the left, Brooklands can be seen as well as Kairaki in the distance.
A sign on a lamppost in Brooklands, reading, "The government is stealing our land".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "96 Harbour Road, a red zoned property in Brooklands. Many of the homeowners in this area believe that their homes should not be red zoned as the damage is much less than in other red zoned areas".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "92 Harbour Road, a red zoned property in Brooklands. Many of the homeowners in this area believe that their homes should not be red zoned as the damage is much less than in other red zoned areas".
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury NZ. Storm drains - Lower Styx Road, Brooklands.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "16 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands. Many of the homeowners in this area believe that their homes should not be red zoned as the damage is much less than in other red zoned areas".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "8 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands. Many of the homeowners in this area believe that their homes should not be red zoned as the damage is much less than in other red zoned areas".
Aftermath of September 4th Earthquake in Canterbury (area covers Christchurch City) NZ. Storm drains - Anfield Street, Brooklands.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Blue Lagoon Drive in Brooklands. The whole of this street is red zoned land. Some of the homeowners are unhappy with the land zoning as they believe that their area has much less impact from liquefaction than other red zoned areas. Some of the street lights are leaning, but the road seems in very good condition for a red zoned street and there is little evidence of liquefaction. Most red zoned streets have none of their original surface left, and the liquefaction is evident on all the verges and gardens".
The Brooklands Community Hall with the UC QuakeBox parked in the car park. A sign with the opening time has been placed on the other side of the road.
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Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A sign on the fence of a red zoned property in Lower Styx Road. The sign reads, 'Browlee an (sic) Sutton R Clowns. Haven't got it right! $75 He rip off'. Many of the homeowners in this area believe that their homes should not be red zoned as the damage is much less than in other red zoned areas".
Predictive modelling provides an efficient means to analyse the coastal environment and generate knowledge for long term urban planning. In this study, the numerical models SWAN and XBeach were incorporated into the ESRI ArcGIS interface by means of the BeachMMtool. This was applied to the Greater Christchurch coastal environment to simulate geomorphological evolution through hydrodynamic forcing. Simulations were performed using the recent sea level rise predictions by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2013) to determine whether the statutory requirements outlined in the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 are consistent with central, regional and district designations. Our results indicate that current land use zoning in Greater Christchurch is not consistent with these predictions. This is because coastal hazard risk has not been thoroughly quantified during the process of installing the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority residential red zone. However, the Christchurch City Council’s flood management area does provide an extent to which managed coastal retreat is a real option. The results of this research suggest that progradation will continue to occur along the Christchurch foreshore due to the net sediment flux retaining an onshore direction and the current hydrodynamic activity not being strong enough to move sediment offshore. However, inundation during periods of storm surge poses a risk to human habitation on low lying areas around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary and the Brooklands lagoon.
Predictive modelling provides an efficient means to analyse the coastal environment and generate knowledge for long term urban planning. In this study, the numerical models SWAN and XBeach were incorporated into the ESRI ArcGIS interface by means of the BeachMMtool. This was applied to the Greater Christchurch coastal environment to simulate geomorphological evolution through hydrodynamic forcing. Simulations were performed using the recent sea level rise predictions by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2013) to determine whether the statutory requirements outlined in the New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement 2010 are consistent with central, regional and district designations. Our results indicate that current land use zoning in Greater Christchurch is not consistent with these predictions. This is because coastal hazard risk has not been thoroughly quantified during the process of installing the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority residential red zone. However, the Christchurch City Council’s flood management area does provide an extent to which managed coastal retreat is a real option. The results of this research suggest that progradation will continue to occur along the Christchurch foreshore due to the net sediment flux retaining an onshore direction and the current hydrodynamic activity not being strong enough to move sediment offshore. However, inundation during periods of storm surge poses a risk to human habitation on low lying areas around the Avon-Heathcote Estuary and the Brooklands lagoon.