Climate change adaptation in the Environment Court : revisiting the Holt case

Looks at the 2010 Environment Court case 'Otago Regional Council v Dunedin City Council (Holt)' concerning a resource consent for building in a coastal area in Aotearoa New Zealand. Considers how the case would be decided if it arose today. Suggests the 2010 result, in which the owners ass...

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Published inVictoria University of Wellington law review Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 609 - 629
Main Authors Magallanes, Catherine J. Iorns, Dicken, M J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.2019
Subjects
Administration
Climatic changes
Environmental law
Law and legislation
Local government
Management
Natural resources
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Summary:Looks at the 2010 Environment Court case 'Otago Regional Council v Dunedin City Council (Holt)' concerning a resource consent for building in a coastal area in Aotearoa New Zealand. Considers how the case would be decided if it arose today. Suggests the 2010 result, in which the owners assumed the relevant inundation risks, would not be so available today, indicating the case ceases to be good law. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
Bibliography:Archived by the National Library of New Zealand
Includes notes
ISSN:1171-042X
1179-3082