Challenges in cumulative impact assessment: case studies from Canterbury, New Zealand

• Published in: WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, Environmental Impact IV
• Main Author: JENKINS, B.R.
• Other Authors: Casares, J., Passerini, G., Perillo, G., International Conference on Environmental and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development (20 Jun 2018 - 22 Jun 2018 : Naples, Italy)
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: WIT Press 2018
• Subjects: Cumulative effects; water management; complex models; equitable allocation; institutional arrangements; mitigation cost-effectiveness; Eia; New Zealand; Selwyn; Mackenzie Basin
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/122790; https://doi.org/10.2495/EID180031

As sustainability limits are being reached there is a need to undertake cumulative impact assessments as well as assessments of a project’s environmental effects. In Canterbury sustainability limits were being reached in relation to water availability for further irrigation development and in relati...