by brent@geohazassess.co.nz | May 30, 2021 | Auckland coastline, Climate change, Coastal Flooding, Erosion, Property insurability, Property value, Sea-level rise, Severe weather events
Modified from a Newshub article (dated May 29th, 2021): Tens of thousands of Kiwi homes in low-lying coastal areas throughout the country could be deemed uninsurable over the next few decades due to increased storminess, accelerated sea-level rise and corresponding...
by brent@geohazassess.co.nz | Mar 9, 2021 | Auckland coastline, Climate change, Coastal Flooding, Erosion, Property insurability, Property value, Sea-level rise
Climate change begets more frequent severe weather and flood events, whose capacity for destruction should check coastal development—but it hasn’t. Instead, the same actors (developers, engineers, architects) respond by building higher or stronger, elevating a mantle...
by brent@geohazassess.co.nz | Mar 3, 2021 | Auckland coastline, Climate change, Coastal Flooding, Erosion, Property insurability, Property value, Sea-level rise
Auckland City has high exposure to coastal hazards including coastal instability and erosion since the region has over 3,200 km of coastline including three major harbours and a range of sandy beaches and dunes, rocky shores and cliffs, estuaries and offshore islands....
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