Water Management in New Zealand's Canterbury Region, 1st ed. 2018
A Sustainability Framework
Global Issues in Water Policy Series, Vol. 19

The book is designed to achieve two major purposes. The first is to describe the developments in water management policy in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The strategic approach, the collaborative engagement, and, the nested adaptive systems approach represent a paradigm shift in water management in New Zealand. The second is to delineate the sustainability framework that underpins the Canterbury approach. The framework is based on the concept of developing sustainability strategies to address critical failure pathways. While the focus of the book is on Canterbury, comparative applications of the framework to issues in other parts of New Zealand and international issues are proposed.

The book can be used in at least two ways. The first is the application of a sustainability framework to the management of water in Canterbury region. The second is the exposition of a sustainability framework that can be applied to the management of water in a region with the application to Canterbury as an illustrative case study.

Describes the limitations of the current NZ water management framework for water resources at sustainability limits

Sets out the application of an alternative water management paradigm for Canterbury based on nested adaptive systems and collaborative governance

Presents a sustainability framework of failure pathways and sustainability strategies that can be applied to the sustainable management of natural resources

Provides a detailed analysis of water management in Canterbury and the changes needed to achieve sustainable management

Demonstrates how this framework can be applied to significant international water management issues