2022 Volume 57 Issue 3 Pages 1257-1264
Restoring the nature on land near rivers over the basin, after residential relocation due to a flood mitigation, is an important issue for regenerating the river environment. However, one of difficulties for planning is to share the values of it among various citizens. This study’s goal is to identify the characteristics of the public participatory planning process in which the planning body could share the values of regenerating the river environment with citizens, focusing on the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor Regeneration Plan in Christchurch, which presents a spatial plan for regenerating the river environment in the extensive Residential Red Zone land. As a result of the research, it is identified that the establishment of a consensus-building base such as land conditions between the planning body and citizens in the early stage and the gradually expanding the area of restoring the nature from places such as the land outside embankments with high flood risks, where many citizens can share the importance of restoring the nature, were important.
