Assessing Urban Adaptation Strategies to Mitigate Flooding and Sea Level Rise Impacts in NZ’s Coastal Cities (Dunedin)

I have attached some files that show my current thought process and literature that I have looked at, as well as a past paper I wrote that has similar themes. Please include referenced images and tables.

The topic follows sea-level rise adaptation strategies, set out under general categories: protection, accomodation, attack, and retreat. Dunedin is a coastal city in NZ that faces sea level rise issues due to its low-lying nature, and previous history as marsh/wetlands. The solutions that should be recommended in the discussion part of the paper should be planning or policy-based.

Please follow this approximate structure for the writing of the dissertation (MAX 10,000 words):

what, why, how – chapter 1 intro – 2000 words

• international studies which have similarities with nz context

• narrow down to research question

• aims and objectives or sub-questions (2-3) – specific outcomes

• why – who’s it important to (target audience)

• research design – how (type of data, and data analysis)

• limitations of the study? (eg. secondary data)

• present overall summary of the chapters

chapter 2 – theoretical framework – 4000 words

• relevant literature reviews

• can be local specific (NZ) literature or international context that is relevant to NZ context

• use meaningful headings to break down the story (3 levels max eg. 1.2.1: xx title)

• help understand the key area you want to look at

chapter 3 – methodology – 1000 words

• research design in detail

• crestwell , robert ying (see authors for methodology)

chapter 4 – discussion – 2000 words

• come back to research question

• aims and objectives

• comparison to existing literature (similar, different?)

• make your opinions and findings

• make your claims, criticisms

• no new literature – use only what you’ve previously discussed

• use findings to respond to aims, objectives, research question

chapter 5 – conclusion – 1000 words

• a paragraph to summarise each chapter

• concise 1000 words?

• practical applications/implications in real world scenarios

• future research directions?