Improving resilience: a longitudinal analysis of land-use policy and planning for earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000–16

IF 1.1 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Australian Journal of Emergency Management Pub Date : 2022-07-01 DOI:10.47389/37.3.45

Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, Sarah Gunnell, J. Becker

{"title":"Improving resilience: a longitudinal analysis of land-use policy and planning for earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2000–16","authors":"Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor, Sarah Gunnell, J. Becker","doi":"10.47389/37.3.45","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Given New Zealand’s susceptibility to a range of natural hazards, reducing exposure is an important step towards strengthening community resilience and reducing potential social, environmental and economic consequences. Land-use planning has long been recognised as a contributor to achieving this goal. Focusing on earthquake hazards, this paper examines the evolution of risk reduction measures in local government land-use planning documents for 3 earthquake-prone regions of New Zealand in 2000 and again in 2016. While some progress has been made in planning for earthquake hazards, overall the planning documents in these regions remain inadequate. As such, resilience from a land-use planning perspective has not significantly improved. This is surprising in the context of major seismic events in New Zealand over the last decade that have caused considerable damage and loss of life. Future anticipated changes to the planning systems in the country provide opportunities for improvements to be included in documentation.","PeriodicalId":46191,"journal":{"name":"Australian Journal of Emergency Management","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Australian Journal of Emergency Management","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47389/37.3.45","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Given New Zealand’s susceptibility to a range of natural hazards, reducing exposure is an important step towards strengthening community resilience and reducing potential social, environmental and economic consequences. Land-use planning has long been recognised as a contributor to achieving this goal. Focusing on earthquake hazards, this paper examines the evolution of risk reduction measures in local government land-use planning documents for 3 earthquake-prone regions of New Zealand in 2000 and again in 2016. While some progress has been made in planning for earthquake hazards, overall the planning documents in these regions remain inadequate. As such, resilience from a land-use planning perspective has not significantly improved. This is surprising in the context of major seismic events in New Zealand over the last decade that have caused considerable damage and loss of life. Future anticipated changes to the planning systems in the country provide opportunities for improvements to be included in documentation.

查看原文本刊更多论文

提高复原力:2000 - 2016年新西兰奥特罗阿地震土地使用政策和规划的纵向分析

鉴于新西兰对一系列自然灾害的易感性，减少暴露是加强社区复原力和减少潜在的社会、环境和经济后果的重要一步。土地使用规划长期以来一直被认为有助于实现这一目标。本文以地震灾害为重点，考察了新西兰3个地震易发区2000年和2016年地方政府土地利用规划文件中降低风险措施的演变。虽然在地震灾害规划方面取得了一些进展，但总体而言，这些地区的规划文件仍然不足。因此，从土地使用规划的角度来看，复原力并没有显著提高。这是令人惊讶的背景下，主要地震事件在新西兰在过去十年中造成了相当大的破坏和生命损失。该国规划系统未来预期的变化提供了将其列入文件的改进机会。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Australian Journal of Emergency Management PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-

CiteScore

1.00

自引率

22.20%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Australian Journal of Emergency Management is an academic journal in emergency management covering all hazards and all emergencies with a primary focus on the Oceania region. The journal includes research and practice as well as issues from government policy to community engagement. The AJEM focuses on risk reduction, readiness, response, recovery and resilience particularly for Australasia, New Zealand and the Pacific region. Research presented in the AJEM is evidence-based and peer-reviewed. AJEM is an open access publication under a Creative Commons [CC BY-NC] license. This allows free and immediate access to scholarly articles and industry news and views. The AJEM does not charge author fees.