This programme has been designed to identify a framework to raise awareness, learning and development pathways and ultimately drive recruitment and attraction strategies to assure river management expertise for the future | ||
Date & Time | 2-day workshop – Wellington 14 & 15 February 2023 Day one: classroom Day two: field trip, Waikanae | |
Cost | Cost – $900.00 Council Staff – $200.00 discount Rivers Group - 10% discount Please mention discount when making the booking | |
Where to register | Email Rachael Armstrong - Rachael.Armstrong@hbrc.govt.nz | |
Outline | Key Learning Objectives/Outcomes Familiarity with key principles in fluvial geomorphology and their application to various river management situations (e.g., catchment (and regional) planning, sediment flux issues, relation to flood hazards). Key themes Management issues for which geomorphic insight is fundamental:
Spatial Dimensions of geomorphologically-informed river management Catchment
Channel planform: Braided, wandering gravel-bed, active meandering passive meandering, discontinuous watercourse (wetland/swamp) Channel geometry
Geomorphic units
Bed material size
Temporal dimensions of geomorphologically-informed river management Timescale: Geologic, geomorphic, engineering Magnitude-frequency relations Equilibrium versus non-linear relations Legacy effect (landscape memory) Processes of geomorphic river adjustment
Evolutionary trajectory of rivers (and recovery potential)
Geomorphology and river health (condition) What do we measure where, how and why? What do we measure against? Geomorphic relations to Māori conceptualisations of rivers A living river ethos, mauri, mana, ora How geomorphology can support river management (indicative only – set up follow up specialist courses) Scoping river futures - Proactive and precautionary approaches to Visioning & Catchment Planning Concern for treatment response Geoethical considerations – concerns for social and environmental justice
Presenters Ian Fuller, Gary Brierley, Jon Tunnicliffe |