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Measuring and Reporting Changing Public Access to and Along the Coast
Author(s) -
CLARK E L,
HILTON M J
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new zealand geographer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.335
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1745-7939
pISSN - 0028-8144
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2003.tb01651.x
Subject(s) - public access , christian ministry , business , environmental resource management , west coast , resource (disambiguation) , environmental planning , geography , public administration , political science , environmental science , oceanography , computer science , geology , computer network , law
Public access to and along the coast is identified as a matter of national importance in the Resource Management Act 1991. Despite this, few local authorities have started to monitor public access to and along the coast. The adoption of two indicators of public coastal access by the Ministry for the Environment deserves closer analysis ‐ how can local authorities implement those indicators as part of their section 35 responsibilities? Research carried out in Otago in 1999 examined the effectiveness of five indicators of public coastal access. This research concluded that one of the Ministry's indicators is a good measure of public access, but it could be extended to include other factors that influence public access.