Dr Martin Single
Position
Coastal geomorphology, coastal management (Adjunct Senior Fellow)
Qualifications
B.A., M.A. Hons, Ph.D. (Cant.)
Contact Details
Room:502
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7926
Fax: +64 3 364 2907
martin.single@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Research
Concentrated on management of ocean and lake-shores. There are few quantitative measurements of shore processes and change in New Zealand. Therefore most issues of coastal management require measurement, assessment and interpretation of the physical coastal environment and human activities. This is important for lake-shores and open coasts. Lake water levels are regulated for hydro-power generation and can result in adverse effects to shore development and human activities. Research is being carried out at Lakes Mahinerangi, Pukaki and Waikaremoana. Main focus of open coast research is on coastal change and sustainable use of the mixed sand and gravel beaches around Napier.
Involved in the following research projects:
- Processes and forms of shore platforms
- Management and effects of ferry wakes
- Lakeshore management
- Processes and management of sand/gravel beaches
Teaching
- GEOG 108: Resources and Sustainability
- GEOG 206: Resource and Environmental Management
- GEOG 214: Applications in Physical Geography
- GEOG 309: Research Methods in Geography
- GEOG 340: Field Based Geomorphic Applications
- ENVR 410: Case Studies in Environmental Science
Selected Publications
- James M, Mark A and Single M, 2002, Lake managers' handbook: Lake level management, Wellington, Ministry for the Environment.
- Single M B, 2002, Effects on the shoreline of fast ferries in Tory Channel, New Zealand, Proceedings of the 30th PIANC-AIPCN Congress, Sydney, Australia, pp 770-782.
- Single M B, 2001, Human impacts on the physical environment, in Sturman A P and Spronken-Smith R A (eds), The physical environment: a New Zealand perspective, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, pp 447-454.
- Kirk R M and Single M B, 2000, Coastal effects of new forms of transport: The case of the interisland fast ferries, in Memon A and Perkins H (eds), Environmental planning in New Zealand, Palmerston North, Dunmore Press, pp 228-233.
- Single M B and Hemmingsen M A, 2000, Mixed sand and gravel barrier beaches of South Canterbury, New Zealand, in Packham J, Randall, R, Barnes, R and Neal, A (eds), Ecology and geomorphology of coastal shingle, Otley, Westbury, pp 261-276.
- Kirk R M, Morgan R K, Single M B and Fahey B, 1999, Applied physical geography in New Zealand, Progress in Physical Geography, Vol 23, No 4, pp 525-40.
- Single M B and Kirk R M, 1999, Coastal change and human processes in Tory Channel, Marlborough Sounds, in Forer P C and Perry P J (eds), Proceedings of the 18th Conference, New Zealand Geographical Society, 1995, New Zealand Geographical Society, pp 118-121.