Acronyms

AEP

Annual exceedance probability: a 50% AEP means there is a 50% chance in any year that the storm tide level will exceed the given value

CAP

Coastal adaptation pathway

CEH

Coastal erosion hazard

CIH

Coastal inundation hazard

CMA

Coastal Marine Area as defined in Section 2 of the RMA 199

DAPP

Dynamic adaptive pathways planning

DOC

Department of Conservation.

HDC

Hauraki District Council

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

MHWS

Mean High Water Spring tides

MfE

Ministry for the Environment

NZTA

Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency

IPPC RCP

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change representative concentration pathways

RHDHV

Royal HaskoningDHV

RMA

Resource Management Act 1991

RPS

Regional Policy Statement

SH25

State Highway 25

SLR

Sea level rise: the general term given to the upward trend in mean sea level

SMP

Shoreline Management Plan

TCDC

Thames Coromandel District Council