Managing beach access and vehicle impacts following reconfiguration of the landscape by a natural hazard event

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Orchard, Shane, Fischman, Hallie S, Schiel, David R
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 19.02.2022; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• Edition: 1.1
• Subjects: Beaches; Dunes; Earthquakes; Ecology; Environmental protection; Landscape; Nests; recreational access; disaster recovery; nature-based recreation; protected areas; shoreline management; impact assessment
• ISSN: 2692-8205; 2692-8205
• DOI: 10.1101/2022.02.15.480598

After New Zealand's 7.8 Mw Kaikōura earthquake in late 2016 an unexpected anthropogenic effect involved increased motorised vehicle access to beaches. We show how these effects were generated by landscape reconfiguration associated with coastal uplift and widening of high-tide beaches, and pres...