Otaki floodplain management plan for the Otaki River and its environment.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Wellington, N.Z. : Wellington Regional Council, 1998Description: viii, 109 p. : col. ill., mapsISBN:

0909016615 (pbk)

DDC classification:

363.34936099361 21

Subject: A major flood in the Otaki River could cause millions of dollars worth of damage to property and community assets in the Otaki area. The social and psychological costs, although difficult to quantify, add considerably to the devastating effect of such an event. The Otaki Floodplain Managment Plan (FMP) is the result of six years of work by the Otaki Community, Ngati Raukawa, the Wellington Regional Council and the Kapiti Coast District Council. Essentially, the plan provides a blueprint for management of the river and floodplain over the next 40 years. Human influences on the floodplain, such as forest clearance, urban settlement and some river management practices, have resulted in significant changes to the landscape. These changes, combined with natural floods, have created a flood hazard. Even with the protection that was put in place between 1945 and 1955, following a series of floods during and 1920s and 1930s small to medium sized floods continue to cause damage

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-87) and index

Publication no. WRC/FPSA-G-98/28

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A major flood in the Otaki River could cause millions of dollars worth of damage to property and community assets in the Otaki area. The social and psychological costs, although difficult to quantify, add considerably to the devastating effect of such an event. The Otaki Floodplain Managment Plan (FMP) is the result of six years of work by the Otaki Community, Ngati Raukawa, the Wellington Regional Council and the Kapiti Coast District Council. Essentially, the plan provides a blueprint for management of the river and floodplain over the next 40 years. Human influences on the floodplain, such as forest clearance, urban settlement and some river management practices, have resulted in significant changes to the landscape. These changes, combined with natural floods, have created a flood hazard. Even with the protection that was put in place between 1945 and 1955, following a series of floods during and 1920s and 1930s small to medium sized floods continue to cause damage

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