Geography
Recent Deposits
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Local Authorities and Community Engagement on Climate Change Adaptation
This report explores how regional and territorial authorities in Aotearoa New Zealand currently understand their role in climate adaptation, to what extent they are currently fulfilling that role, and how they engage with ... -
The spatial distribution of Maori fertility in the North Island, 1955-1967.
In the past population geographers have tended to concentrate excessively on the task of mapping, discussing, and explaining the geographical distribution and pattern of change associated with demographical distribution ... -
Wilderness perception mapping : a geographic information systems (GIS) approach to the application of wilderness perceptions to protected areas management in New Zealand
Increasing demands for wilderness experiences, principally through outdoor recreation and tourism, are creating an ever greater need for careful management of natural and pristine areas in order to preserve the natural ... -
Use values of the Hollyford Valley Track : with specific reference to the proposed Haast-Hollyford tourist road
1.1 The Subject The Hollyford Valley is valued by many people, it is an area of spectacular scenic beauty that for many years has been kept in isolation by the fact that the only means of visiting the valley is by foot ... -
Stadium-led urban waterfront regeneration : a possibility for Dunedin?
In February 2007, a proposal was unveiled for a new stadium at the northern end of Dunedin's urban waterfront. This thesis considers the wider built environment effects which could arise if the new stadium proposal is ... -
New Zealand's Industrial Hemp Industry: Motivations, Constraints, and Moving Forward
Industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is one of the oldest food, fibre, and medicinal plants known to humankind. Research demonstrates that industrial hemp could facilitate New Zealand’s transition toward more sustainable ... -
Liveability : residents and the built environment in Auckland's intensified CBD
Residential intensification is currently a popular policy in cities around the world and has been the subject of much observation and theorising. Thus far, the more common justification for intensification strategies has ... -
Competing discourses? : constructing rural poverty in New Zealand
This thesis examines how rurality, poverty and the shared notion of rural poverty are discursively constructed in contemporary New Zealand. To do this, an investigation of the different ways in which these concepts are ... -
Atmospheric deposition of heavy metals in Dunedin
Patterns of cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, zinc, and lead deposition from the atmosphere are measured over a twelve month period in Dunedin. These patterns are related to landuse, topography, and seasonal weather. The ... -
An Investigation into how the Built Environment can Increase Happiness
The world is increasingly urban and managing urban areas has become one of the most important challenges of the twenty-first century (United Nations, 2014). For urban dwellers, cities do design their lives; the city can ... -
Calibration and verification of the Lower Taieri Plains groundwater model
Groundwater hydrologists often use computer-based numerical models to predict the behaviour of groundwater systems due to their complexity. The overall goal of the present study was to further refine the previously developed ... -
Implications of Rural Change and the Use of Rural Tourism to Drive Economic Development: A Case Study Investigation into Westland District, New Zealand
Rural areas play a critical role in the national economy. They often form the backbone of the export economy and house significant proportions of the national population. However, recent decades have seen rural areas across ... -
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 ...