dc.contributor.author	Calkin, Aimee
dc.date.accessioned	2024-04-30T00:17:14Z
dc.date.available	2024-04-30T00:17:14Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description.abstract	This thesis examines the issue of land use change in and around Aotearoa New Zealand’s braided rivers between 1990 and 2020. It develops and tests a method to ask: whether and how land use changed in and around New Zealand’s braided rivers; and whether there are geographic patterns in the land use change? The analysis of this research finds land use has changed across New Zealand’s braided rivers and has changed the most in Canterbury of the South Island and in rivers with more gravel area. Land use has changed the least across the North Island’s regions and Southland. The rivers in these latter areas have a reduced gravel content compared to Canterbury rivers. This thesis concludes by looking into the future of legislative change to the definition of braided rivers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10092/106978
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.26021/15287
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	All Rights Reserved
dc.rights.uri	https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses
dc.title	Land use change in and around Aotearoa New Zealand’s braided rivers
dc.type	Theses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Canterbury
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Water Resource Management
uc.college	Faculty of Science	en

Land use change in and around Aotearoa New Zealand’s braided rivers