Geography
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He Mauri tō Te Urewera : Understanding Legal Entities: The Transition from Resource Management to Human Management within Te Urewera
Environmental management in Aotearoa New Zealand has had a very generic application since colonisation began in 1840. Prior to this, Māori (the Indigenous peoples of this land) had been practicing environmental management ... -
Exploring the adequacy of central city public space in New Zealand: Establishing a simple evaluative tool to measure public space success
Public space is a vital component of the public realm. Without it, cities lack the interaction and social sustainability that people desire. After various debates surrounding the apparent recent decline of public space, ... -
The Provision of Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Resources in a Post Disaster Environment: The 2015 Nepal Earthquake
The involvement of international donors in providing aid to developing countries is well established. Due to the relative instability of governments in developing countries, like Nepal, international donors are increasingly ... -
Planning for Flood Adaptation: Lessons from Dunedin and Mosgiel Taieri
The anticipated effects of climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand include an increased incidence of high temperatures, frequency of extreme daily rainfalls, potential increase in strong winds, and a decrease in frost and ... -
Multifunctional Rural Space: A Case Study of Rural Change and Planning within the Cromwell Basin
It is evident through the literature that rural areas are continually evolving and changing. From a New Zealand planning perspective it is important to understand the implications and factors driving this change in order ... -
Land, water and gold in Central Otago, 1861-1921
Economic growth in nineteenth century New Zealand involved the exploitation of the natural resources of land, forests, and minerals and their transformation into sources of productive output. To encourage such use and ... -
Residential development and environmental weeds in indigenous forest patches, Otatara, Southland
Residential development is widely perceived as a threat to indigenous vegetation and habitat. New Zealand lowland forests, which have been extensively fragmented and modified since colonisation, may be particularly vulnerable. ... -
Effective guidance : does the current national formal guidance allow for consideration of Māori values and concerns withing the resource consent process?
Since the inception of the Resource Management Act in 1991 there has been "over a decade of learning by central and local government, crown research institutes, and Maori groups" (Harmsworth, 2005, p5), in working with the ... -
Sustainable Urbanism and Cohousing in Aotearoa New Zealand
This research investigates whether the principles and practices of cohousing can be successful in Aotearoa New Zealand, and if the model provides a sustainable alternative to standard housing. Previous research recognises ... -
Energy Resilience in Nepal: Response and Future Directions after the 2015 Earthquake and 2015-2016 Blockade
The resilience of energy systems is not well considered in existing literature. This study seeks to inform this issue by investigating the response to the shocks which the energy systems of Nepal have recently faced. In ... -
The philosophy of praxis : a study of radical planning, past and future directions
This thesis is concerned with the theory and practice of planning in Western capitalist societies. Specifically, it examines the tradition of radical planning within the context of conventional planning theory. Its objectives ... -
Conveyance of Inorganic and Organic Carbon in Mountainous Rivers: A Case Study from the Haast River, Southern Alps, New Zealand
There have been longitudinal studies on rivers around New Zealand, however, these studies have not assessed the carbon flux, rather they were interested in the impact of land use. There is a clear gap in knowledge in New ... -
Hybrid Neoliberalism: Implications for Sustainable Development
Neoliberalism is frequently blamed for challenges in achieving sustainable development; consequently some also question if sustainability is still a useful concept. Neoliberal influence on natural resource management has ... -
Tourism Development in Niue and the Impact of New Zealand's Aid
Being among the smallest self-governing states in the world, Niue – the ‘Rock of Polynesia’ – experiences development challenges because of its small size, isolation, remoteness and fragile natural environment. Development ... -
Modelling snow cover in short tussock grassland
In New Zealand it has long been recognised that vegetation plays an important role in the distribution of snow cover. However, most studies have concentrated on snow tussock grassland and the role of other types of grassland ... -
Arsenic contamination of soil and groundwater from the leaching of CCA treated fence posts in several Hawke's Bay vineyards
Throughout the rapidly expanding area of vineyards in New Zealand, great numbers of wooden posts, treated with copper, chromium and arsenic (CCA) are used to support the vine canopy. Studies have shown that when CCA-treated ... -
Building biocultural approaches into Aotearoa – New Zealand’s conservation future
Indigenous peoples’ roles in conservation are important because they offer alternate perspectives and knowledge centred on the quality of the human–environment relationship. Here, we present examples of Māori cultural ... -
The Environmental Priorities and Practices of Local Food Producers: Environmental priorities that local farmers hold, practices they use, and barriers they face to using more environmentally aligned practices
Sustainability has become a worldwide priority as globalisation and climate change proceed. Yet the current global food system is responsible for a large portion of unsustainability. It has been well established that the ... -
Sea level rise : an assessment of risk, South Dunedin, New Zealand
Sea level rise is one of the most significant long term challenges of the 21st Century, with predictions ranging from a 0.09 to 2m rise in sea level by 2100. Approximately 23% of the world's population lives within coastal ... -
Climate controls on the mass balance of Brewster Glacier, Southern Alps
Glaciers are highly sensitive indicators of climate variability. From the 1980’s to the early 2000’s, some glaciers in the Southern Alps experienced periods of advance; counter to global trends of glacier recession. These ...